Ila

What Ila means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ila yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,183 in 2015 to #718 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ila?

US: Rising: up from #1183 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1865 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1903, when 160 girls got the name (#237 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 4,121 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 42,214 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (1.85 per 1,000 girls), IA (1.1 per 1,000 girls), NM (1.07 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Ila is #718 in the US and #3705 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ila were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ella5,831 US · 932 E&W
• Ayla3,149 US · 980 E&W
• Iyla572 US · 82 E&W
• Aila329 US · 69 E&W
• Ela135 US · 54 E&W
• Eila113 US · 12 E&W
• Iylah90 US · 21 E&W
• Aiyla72 US · 37 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ila

Girls

• Avani#805“earth”^*
• Arya#158“noble, respectable”^*
• Lila#186“lilac”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Anya#375Editor’s note Up from #550 in 2015 to #375 in 2025 in the US
• Kali#323Editor’s note Down from #267 in 2015 to #323 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Arjun#490Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 7 babies
• Aarav#710“sound; loud noise”^*
• Bodhi#265Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies
• Kieran#389Editor’s note Up from #512 in 2015 to #389 in 2025 in the US
• Ishaan#893Editor’s note Up from #918 in 2015 to #893 in 2025 in the US
• Rohan#810“to ascend”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Sanskrit & Indian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ila’s. Rank is US 2025.