Ilma
Girl · IL-ma
Ilma is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
Where does Ilma come from?
As a Finnish word it means air; source of US use uncertain
- Say it
- IL-ma
Is Ilma a girl's or a boy's name?
Ilma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ilma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Ilma, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ilma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Ilma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
How popular is Ilma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Ilma, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
2025 had more girls named Ilma than any year since 1919.
Half of all the girls named Ilma in the US since 1880 were born between 1912 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ilma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,203 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,372 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,202 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,017 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
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