Illa Girl

How popular is Illa?

#9,454 girl name in 2025

10 baby girls were named Illa in the US in 2025, making it the 9454th most popular girl name.

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614living people named Illa (est.)
74median age of people named Illa
1,800babies named Illa since 1880
1 in 331,534US babies born in 2025

Illa popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#9,454 for girls (▲ 1663 from 2024)
Babies in 202510 girls
10-year trendSteady (-9% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#9,476 in 2015, #7,964 in 2020
Peak year1926 (58 girls)
Highest rank#980 in 1926
First recorded1898
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Illa counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Iyla family of names ranked #294 for girls in 2025 (#309 the year before), with 1,116 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Iyla 572 51%
Ila 390 35%
Iylah 90 8%
Ilah 54 5%
Illa 10 1%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Illa by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1890s5#1,699
1900s51#1,154
1910s281#1,000
1920s450#980
1930s402#1,018
1940s248#1,203
1950s118#2,244
1960s40#3,781
1980s7#8,149
2000s17#13,918
2010s104#6,804
2020s77#5,635

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Questions

Is Illa a boy or girl name?
Illa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Illa were girls.
How popular is the name Illa?
10 baby girls were named Illa in the US in 2025, making it the 9454th most popular girl name.
When was Illa most popular?
Illa peaked in 1926, when 58 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #980 in 1926.
How many people are named Illa?
1,800 babies have been named Illa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 614 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 74.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.