# Ila (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ila/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,120 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 60 / 25,060 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 283, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit इला (ilā).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 129 | 1,656 |
| 2012 | 150 | 1,498 |
| 2013 | 142 | 1,542 |
| 2014 | 203 | 1,199 |
| 2015 | 213 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 199 | 1,230 |
| 2017 | 230 | 1,100 |
| 2018 | 183 | 1,265 |
| 2019 | 249 | 1,032 |
| 2020 | 311 | 866 |
| 2021 | 377 | 760 |
| 2022 | 428 | 684 |
| 2023 | 480 | 622 |
| 2024 | 421 | 679 |
| 2025 | 390 | 718 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 9 | 2,817 |
| 1917 | 5 | 4,258 |
| 1918 | 7 | 3,523 |
| 1919 | 5 | 4,463 |
| 1920 | 6 | 4,036 |
| 1923 | 5 | 4,530 |
| 1924 | 6 | 4,099 |
| 1925 | 7 | 3,563 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,259 |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,788 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,608 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,537 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,920 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,586 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,863 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Ila

- Ila Mitra, Bangladeshi activist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.