Ilan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ilan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ilan: Recorded every year since 1997, its highest recorded position is #1,224, and it stood at #1,460 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1224highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2337
1998	#1821
1999	#1664
2000	#2501
2001	#1949
2002	#2636
2003	#1513
2004	#2578
2005	#1991
2006	#1643
2007	#2211
2008	#2507
2009	#2837
2010	#2629
2011	#2194
2012	#1589
2013	#1404
2014	#1630
2015	#3004
2016	#1627
2017	#2734
2018	#1991
2019	#1587
2020	#1492
2021	#1782
2022	#1224
2023	#2546
2024	#1460

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2337 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1224 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1460 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ilan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ilan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	3 of 10	6
2000s	69	10 of 10	7
2010s	116	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	77	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ilan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1224 in England and Wales in 2022.

Ilan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1492	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,224, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
28 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,460position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
22births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ikraam · #2005, 16y
Ila · #1537, 23y
Ilana · #742, 29y
Ilaria · #700, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Giulio · #1224, 23y
Hanah · #1224, 28y
Rossi · #1224, 23y
Suraiya · #1224, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Giulio · #1224, 23y
Hanah · #1224, 28y
Madoc · #1224, 21y
Suraiya · #1224, 29y

Ilan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ilan without appearing here.

Ilan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1460 and #5119.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1404 and #4685.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3004 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1627 and #4810.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2578 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1643 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Ilan

Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1224 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #1207.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1513 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2578 and #1347.
Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1630 and #2079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #1902.
Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1664 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2501 and #2142.

Moved the opposite way to Ilan

Brent Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ilan went from #2337 to #1224 while Brent went from #725 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Ilan went from #2337 to #1224 while Tor went from #1578 to #3449.
Robyn Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ilan went from #2501 to #1460 while Robyn went from #3036 to #4270.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ilan went from #2636 to #1460 while Espen went from #3225 to #5119.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1224 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ilan

Ilan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ilan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ilan appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ilan at a glance

Ilan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ilan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ilan and the names beside it

Ilan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ilan

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