# Ilham (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ilham/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 305 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 33 / 272 (89% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 318, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | 10,722 |
| 2011 | 12 | 9,372 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,711 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,455 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,731 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,158 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,240 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,317 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,777 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,813 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,405 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,231 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,792 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,143 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,645 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 11,342 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,573 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,234 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,359 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: إِلْهَام
- Armenian: Իլհամ
- Indonesian: Ilham
- Russian: Ильха́м
- Turkish: İlham

## People named Ilham

- Ilham Zakiyev, Azerbaijani Paralympic judoka
- Ilham Yadullayev, association football player from Azerbaijan
- Ilham Mammadov, Azerbaijani footballer
- Elham Shahin, Egyptian actress

## 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.