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Ila

Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
UK rank, 2025
#3,776 for girls
US rank, 2025
#718 for girls

Ila is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 718th for girls in the US (390 babies).

What does Ila mean?

Sanskrit

A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Ila a girl's or a boy's name?

Ila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 390 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ila in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,776th among girls
Babies in 2025
6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 25% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Ila, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 20 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ila in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.

1998Busiest: 20 in 20112025
Ila in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#3,776
20249#2,832
202315#1,955
202210#2,615
20216#3,697
202013#2,159
20198#3,018
201819#1,678
201715#2,011
201615#2,015
201515#1,988
201418#1,722
201320#1,617
201215#2,005
201120#1,570
201015#1,912
200912#2,153
200817#1,679
200710#2,354
20069#2,451
200512#1,912
20040–
20033#4,560
20021#5,540
20015#2,928
20000–
19990–
19983#4,026

How popular is Ila in the US?

Rank in 2025
718th among girls
Babies in 2025
390 about 1 in 4,100 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 74% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 390 girls in the US were named Ila, making it the 718th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 864th. Its busiest year was 1925, with 642 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ila in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1959, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 400 girls in the US were given Ila or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #706, up from #718 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 642 in 19252025
Ila in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025390#718
2024421#679
2023480#622
2022428#684
2021377#757
2020311#864
2019249#1,029
2018183#1,262
2017230#1,098
2016199#1,229
2015213#1,183
2014203#1,198
2013142#1,539
2012150#1,497
2011129#1,655
2010155#1,456
2009124#1,756
2008109#1,927
200788#2,231
200690#2,149
200574#2,375
200460#2,707
200355#2,797
200243#3,237
200157#2,631
200038#3,448
199938#3,310
199825#4,363
199728#3,894
199630#3,627
199516#5,672
199425#4,110
199316#5,667
199219#5,044
199119#4,998
199024#4,115
198916#5,280
198817#4,835
198731#3,028
198620#4,026
198516#4,633
198429#2,991
198321#3,686
198224#3,417
198123#3,532
198028#3,069
197933#2,671
197827#2,942
197730#2,715
197625#2,931
197532#2,456
197426#2,757
197323#2,914
197227#2,598
197135#2,247
197024#2,856
196941#1,955
196836#1,999
196749#1,617
196642#1,736
196536#1,914
196455#1,532
196349#1,622
196270#1,323
196172#1,304
196057#1,453
195973#1,255
195889#1,119
195794#1,071
195683#1,132
195587#1,080
195481#1,092
1953137#781
1952144#738
1951112#845
1950133#744
1949123#778
1948143#695
1947183#622
1946147#651
1945151#593
1944172#553
1943189#545
1942229#491
1941217#475
1940212#460
1939247#429
1938299#388
1937320#361
1936310#359
1935312#360
1934367#326
1933379#320
1932427#305
1931427#308
1930451#312
1929481#301
1928524#286
1927531#290
1926487#302
1925642#261
1924577#275
1923524#282
1922576#270
1921623#265
1920561#274
1919549#271
1918564#267
1917494#276
1916513#267
1915451#278
1914376#267
1913279#281
1912274#271
1911243#250
1910199#275
1909200#252
1908196#248
1907162#271
1906146#276
1905166#250
1904143#264
1903160#237
1902154#248
1901138#244
1900177#241
1899113#269
1898114#287
1897119#260
1896126#254
189597#286
1894112#259
189397#272
189293#276
189172#295
189063#317
188954#338
188849#343
188743#324
188645#311
188542#313
188429#368
188332#314
188225#352
188120#374
188015#435

Names like Ila

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ada, Eva, Matilda, Ella, Etta, Clara, Lola, Isla, Elsie, Nora, Nina, Lottie

Other spellings of Ila

Illa

Names related to Ila

Aila, Iyla, Iylah, Eila, Ilya, Iola, Ilia, Ailah, Ilah

More Sanskrit names

Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya

Every Sanskrit name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Ila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ila, updated 20 October 2026.