Ila is an established girls' name that peaked in 1925 and remains in steady use.
Ila is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #718 for girl births in the United States (and #1,402 across all names), given to 390 babies. Ila was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1925 (642 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 390 | 390 | #718 | — |
| 2024 | 421 | 421 | #679 | — |
| 2023 | 480 | 480 | #622 | — |
| 2022 | 428 | 428 | #684 | — |
| 2021 | 377 | 377 | #760 | — |
| 2020 | 311 | 311 | #866 | — |
| 2019 | 249 | 249 | #1,032 | — |
| 2018 | 183 | 183 | #1,265 | — |
| 2017 | 230 | 230 | #1,100 | — |
| 2016 | 199 | 199 | #1,230 | — |
| 2015 | 213 | 213 | #1,186 | — |
| 2014 | 203 | 203 | #1,199 | — |
| 2013 | 142 | 142 | #1,542 | — |
| 2012 | 150 | 150 | #1,498 | — |
| 2011 | 129 | 129 | #1,656 | — |
| 2010 | 155 | 155 | #1,458 | — |
| 2009 | 124 | 124 | #1,763 | — |
| 2008 | 109 | 109 | #1,934 | — |
| 2007 | 88 | 88 | #2,232 | — |
| 2006 | 90 | 90 | #2,155 | — |
| 2005 | 74 | 74 | #2,389 | — |
| 2004 | 60 | 60 | #2,722 | — |
| 2003 | 55 | 55 | #2,811 | — |
| 2002 | 43 | 43 | #3,260 | — |
| 2001 | 57 | 57 | #2,645 | — |
| 2000 | 38 | 38 | #3,477 | — |
| 1999 | 38 | 38 | #3,341 | — |
| 1998 | 25 | 25 | #4,415 | — |
| 1997 | 28 | — | #3,935 | — |
| 1996 | 30 | — | #3,668 | — |
| 1995 | 16 | — | #5,783 | — |
| 1994 | 25 | — | #4,161 | — |
| 1993 | 16 | — | #5,769 | — |
| 1992 | 19 | — | #5,126 | — |
| 1991 | 19 | — | #5,063 | — |
| 1990 | 24 | — | #4,157 | — |
| 1989 | 16 | — | #5,382 | — |
| 1988 | 17 | — | #4,921 | — |
| 1987 | 31 | — | #3,051 | — |
| 1986 | 20 | — | #4,082 | — |
| 1985 | 16 | — | #4,709 | — |
| 1984 | 29 | — | #3,012 | — |
| 1983 | 21 | — | #3,726 | — |
| 1982 | 24 | — | #3,454 | — |
| 1981 | 23 | — | #3,558 | — |
| 1980 | 28 | — | #3,087 | — |
| 1979 | 33 | — | #2,689 | — |
| 1978 | 27 | — | #2,963 | — |
| 1977 | 30 | — | #2,738 | — |
| 1976 | 25 | — | #2,954 | — |
| 1975 | 32 | — | #2,477 | — |
| 1974 | 26 | — | #2,784 | — |
| 1973 | 23 | — | #2,941 | — |
| 1972 | 27 | — | #2,623 | — |
| 1971 | 35 | — | #2,265 | — |
| 1970 | 24 | — | #2,880 | — |
| 1969 | 41 | — | #1,964 | — |
| 1968 | 36 | — | #2,007 | — |
| 1967 | 49 | — | #1,623 | — |
| 1966 | 42 | — | #1,746 | — |
| 1965 | 36 | — | #1,926 | — |
| 1964 | 55 | — | #1,540 | — |
| 1963 | 49 | — | #1,632 | — |
| 1962 | 70 | — | #1,327 | — |
| 1961 | 72 | — | #1,308 | — |
| 1960 | 57 | — | #1,459 | — |
| 1959 | 73 | — | #1,258 | — |
| 1958 | 89 | — | #1,124 | — |
| 1957 | 94 | — | #1,077 | — |
| 1956 | 83 | — | #1,134 | — |
| 1955 | 87 | — | #1,085 | — |
| 1954 | 81 | — | #1,096 | — |
| 1953 | 137 | — | #782 | — |
| 1952 | 144 | — | #739 | — |
| 1951 | 112 | — | #847 | — |
| 1950 | 133 | — | #748 | — |
| 1949 | 123 | — | #779 | — |
| 1948 | 143 | — | #698 | — |
| 1947 | 183 | — | #622 | — |
| 1946 | 147 | — | #653 | — |
| 1945 | 151 | — | #595 | — |
| 1944 | 172 | — | #554 | — |
| 1943 | 189 | — | #546 | — |
| 1942 | 229 | — | #493 | — |
| 1941 | 217 | — | #475 | — |
| 1940 | 212 | — | #460 | — |
| 1939 | 247 | — | #429 | — |
| 1938 | 299 | — | #388 | — |
| 1937 | 320 | — | #362 | — |
| 1936 | 315 | — | #359 | #3,788 |
| 1935 | 312 | — | #360 | — |
| 1934 | 367 | — | #326 | — |
| 1933 | 379 | — | #320 | — |
| 1932 | 427 | — | #305 | — |
| 1931 | 427 | — | #308 | — |
| 1930 | 456 | — | #312 | #4,259 |
| 1929 | 481 | — | #302 | — |
| 1928 | 524 | — | #286 | — |
| 1927 | 531 | — | #291 | — |
| 1926 | 487 | — | #303 | — |
| 1925 | 649 | — | #261 | #3,563 |
| 1924 | 583 | — | #275 | #4,099 |
| 1923 | 529 | — | #282 | #4,530 |
| 1922 | 576 | — | #270 | — |
| 1921 | 623 | — | #265 | — |
| 1920 | 567 | — | #274 | #4,036 |
| 1919 | 554 | — | #271 | #4,463 |
| 1918 | 571 | — | #269 | #3,523 |
| 1917 | 499 | — | #277 | #4,258 |
| 1916 | 522 | — | #267 | #2,817 |
| 1915 | 451 | — | #278 | — |
| 1914 | 376 | — | #267 | — |
| 1913 | 279 | — | #282 | — |
| 1912 | 274 | — | #271 | — |
| 1911 | 243 | — | #250 | — |
| 1910 | 199 | — | #275 | — |
| 1909 | 200 | — | #253 | — |
| 1908 | 196 | — | #248 | — |
| 1907 | 162 | — | #273 | — |
| 1906 | 146 | — | #277 | — |
| 1905 | 166 | — | #250 | — |
| 1904 | 143 | — | #264 | — |
| 1903 | 160 | — | #237 | — |
| 1902 | 154 | — | #248 | — |
| 1901 | 138 | — | #244 | — |
| 1900 | 177 | — | #241 | — |
| 1899 | 113 | — | #269 | — |
| 1898 | 114 | — | #288 | — |
| 1897 | 119 | — | #260 | — |
| 1896 | 126 | — | #254 | — |
| 1895 | 97 | — | #286 | — |
| 1894 | 112 | — | #259 | — |
| 1893 | 97 | — | #272 | — |
| 1892 | 93 | — | #277 | — |
| 1891 | 72 | — | #295 | — |
| 1890 | 63 | — | #318 | — |
| 1889 | 54 | — | #338 | — |
| 1888 | 49 | — | #343 | — |
| 1887 | 43 | — | #326 | — |
| 1886 | 45 | — | #313 | — |
| 1885 | 42 | — | #314 | — |
| 1884 | 29 | — | #372 | — |
| 1883 | 32 | — | #315 | — |
| 1882 | 25 | — | #352 | — |
| 1881 | 20 | — | #378 | — |
| 1880 | 15 | — | #438 | — |