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Ila

Girls' name · Early 20th-century · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~9,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#718 among girls
Births in 2025
390 25,120 since 1880
Typical age
19 years, median

Ila popularity over time

Ila rank by birth year, 1880–2025Ila ranked #435 in 1880 and #718 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #237, in 1903.#1,000#718best #237 in 190318901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1925 is the peak year for Ila, with 649 births. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. It reaches the top 1,000 in 80 years of the record.

In 2025 it ranked #718 with 390 births. Compared with 2015, births are up 83%. It slipped 39 places against the previous year.

Babies named Ila per yearPeaks at 649 births in 1925.649 in 1925018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Ila?

About 9,200 people named Ila are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 25,120 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Ila?

Median age among living Ilas: 19. More of them were born in the 2020s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Ila a early 20th-century name.

Your Ila

Ages of living people named IlaHalf of living Ilas are older than 19 and half younger.median 19020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Ila is most common

Iowa uses the name 3.6× as often as the country as a whole. Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota follow.

Where Ila is used more than average5 states use the name Ila more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: 2.0× the national rateMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: 2.4× the national rateWIMichigan: 1.9× the national rateMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: 3.6× the national rateIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: 3.2× the national rateUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Ila is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Iowa 89 3.6×
Utah 109 3.2×
Wisconsin 105 2.4×
Minnesota 90 2.0×
Michigan 148 1.9×

Ila in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Ila ranked #3,705 in 2025 on 6 births. That is 54% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Ila comes from

+ (Hinduism) thumb|Ila in female form, wife of Lord Budha Borrowed from Sanskrit इला.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Ila

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Ila Arun Indian actress and singer 1954 32
Ila Mitra Bangladeshi activist 1925–2002 15
Ila Arab Mehta Gujarati novelist and story writer from India 1938 14
Ila Patnaik Indian economist and journalist — 9
Photo credits (3)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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