# Ilan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ilan/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “tree”, “oak tree” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ilon, Elan, Elon, Alan, Alon, Eilan, Eilon, Ailan, Ailon |
| US babies named this | 3,290 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,231 / 59 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 294, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew אִילָן (Ilán, “tree, oak tree”).

## What it means

Ilan is grouped under forest.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | 14,476 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,573 |
| 2009 | 5 | 18,359 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,452 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,479 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,211 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,831 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12,972 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,104 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 93 | 1,639 |
| 2012 | 95 | 1,630 |
| 2013 | 89 | 1,677 |
| 2014 | 86 | 1,756 |
| 2015 | 101 | 1,592 |
| 2016 | 107 | 1,549 |
| 2017 | 115 | 1,471 |
| 2018 | 109 | 1,549 |
| 2019 | 123 | 1,425 |
| 2020 | 132 | 1,350 |
| 2021 | 133 | 1,381 |
| 2022 | 104 | 1,658 |
| 2023 | 153 | 1,262 |
| 2024 | 125 | 1,448 |
| 2025 | 124 | 1,445 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## People named Ilan

- Ilan Van Wilder, Belgian cyclist
- Ilan Mitchell-Smith, American academic and former actor (born 1969)
- Ilan Eshkeri, English film composer (*1977)
- Ilan Boccara, Dutch footballer (born 1993)
- Ilan Goldfajn, Brazilian-Israeli economist
- Ilan Kebbal, French and Algerian footballer
- Josh Gad, American actor (born 1981)

## 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.