Ilaria
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-LAR-ee-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #945 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,822 for girls
Ilaria is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “cheerful”. In 2025 it ranked 945th for girls in the UK (39 babies) and 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).
What does Ilaria mean?
Latin: Italian form of Hilaria, feminine of Hilary
“cheerful”
The 15th-century tomb of Ilaria del Carretto in Lucca Cathedral is a celebrated work of Renaissance sculpture.
Is Ilaria a girl's or a boy's name?
Ilaria is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the UK and 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ilaria in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 945th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the UK were named Ilaria, making it the 945th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 987th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 52 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ilaria in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 894th in England and Wales.
Ilaria in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #945 |
| 2024 | 34 | #1,066 |
| 2023 | 52 | #747 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 36 | #1,028 |
| 2020 | 37 | #987 |
| 2019 | 44 | #893 |
| 2018 | 34 | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,527 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
How popular is Ilaria in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,822nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Ilaria, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had the most girls named Ilaria of any year since it first appeared, in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Ilaria in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ilaria in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,822 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,091 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,928 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,677 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Ilaria
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria, Lucia, Emilia, Dua, Luna, Isabella, Arabella, Olivia, Esme, Sophia, Eliana, Cecilia
Names related to Ilaria
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin
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, “Ilaria: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ilaria, updated 20 October 2026.