# Ilana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ilana/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,678 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,678 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 509, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 98 | 2,005 |
| 2012 | 75 | 2,459 |
| 2013 | 88 | 2,141 |
| 2014 | 92 | 2,105 |
| 2015 | 83 | 2,267 |
| 2016 | 89 | 2,176 |
| 2017 | 96 | 2,046 |
| 2018 | 77 | 2,369 |
| 2019 | 82 | 2,240 |
| 2020 | 81 | 2,227 |
| 2021 | 108 | 1,852 |
| 2022 | 85 | 2,216 |
| 2023 | 81 | 2,277 |
| 2024 | 74 | 2,446 |
| 2025 | 71 | 2,496 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,956 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,330 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,393 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,252 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,352 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,866 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,685 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,353 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,454 |

## People named Ilana

- Ilana Glazer, American comedian
- Ilana Cicurel, French lawyer and politician

## 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.