Ilah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EYE-la
- US rank, 2025
- #3,028 for girls
Ilah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,028th for girls in the US (54 babies).
Where does Ilah come from?
Probably a spelling of Ila or Isla
Is Ilah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ilah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 6 girls.
Ilah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
How popular is Ilah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,028among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 54 girls in the US were named Ilah, making it the 3,028th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,779th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 1891.
2025 had fewer girls named Ilah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Ilah in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,752 girls in the US were given Ilah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #27, up from #3,028 for this spelling alone.
Ilah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #3,028 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,976 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,014 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,002 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,779 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,498 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,666 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,051 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,749 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,501 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,213 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,540 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,409 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,440 |
| 1923 | 46 | #1,129 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,430 |
| 1921 | 42 | #1,184 |
| 1920 | 36 | #1,282 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,325 |
| 1918 | 33 | #1,333 |
| 1917 | 44 | #1,065 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,246 |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,094 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,199 |
| 1913 | 27 | #1,040 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,218 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,052 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1907 | 18 | #898 |
| 1906 | 12 | #1,101 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,093 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,170 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,137 |
| 1902 | 13 | #972 |
| 1901 | 13 | #918 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 12 | #935 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,053 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,061 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,175 |
| 1892 | 10 | #958 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
Names like Ilah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elsie Olive Lottie Ada Millie Hazel Isla Winnie Mabel Ivy Cleo Evie
Other spellings of Ilah
Names related to Ilah
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, “Ilah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ilah, updated 20 October 2026.