Names/I

Ilana

girls’ nameSteadyCompare

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
Babies named Ilana, by year of birthgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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

Decadegirls named Ilana
1940s12
1950s63
1960s264
1970s580
1980s1,032
1990s1,211
2000s1,148
2010s867
2020s427

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.

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.