Ily
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- IL-ee
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Ily is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
Where does Ily come from?
Perhaps a short form of names like Iliana
Is Ily a girl's or a boy's name?
Ily is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ily in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,295th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Ily, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,675th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 72 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ily than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Ily in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were given Ily or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,513, up from #3,295 for this spelling alone.
- Ily 47
- Illy 5
Ily in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,277 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,014 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,490 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,002 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,675 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 54 | #3,003 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 72 | #2,501 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,003 |
| 2013 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,804 |
| 2011 | 53 | #3,131 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Names like Ily
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ivy, Blakely, Murphy, Everly, Isla, Oakley, Finley, Tilly, Emery, Kinsley, Rory, Paisley
Names related to Ily
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ily: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ily, updated 20 October 2026.