Ilana
Ilana is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 73 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 730.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1992135 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1946
- 5,604people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,604 girls have been named Ilana in the United States since 1946, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 135 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 22%.
By decade
In 1992, its biggest year
Ilana was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1992 were Ashley, Jessica, Amanda, Brittany and Sarah. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Ilana
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marcelapeak 1999
- Allisonpeak 1994
- Anamariapeak 2001
- Annalisapeak 2005
- Danaepeak 2001
- Shirapeak 2009
- Sheapeak 2005
- Aracelipeak 2002
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.