Ilma

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ilma: Recorded since 2003, its highest recorded position is #2,689, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#2689highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#2727
2006	#5061
2008	#4524
2011	#5785
2012	#5876
2014	#3514
2015	#5730
2016	#4763
2017	#2925
2018	#3518
2019	#3541
2020	#3899
2022	#2888
2023	#2689
2024	#2771

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #2727 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #2689 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ilma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Ilma in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	13	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	39	8 of 10	5
2020s	31	4 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Ilma 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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2689 in England and Wales in 2023.

Ilma'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	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	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 2003 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,689, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 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.

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Ilsa · #1862, 27y

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.

Aletheia · #2689, 10y
Asal · #2689, 16y
Azrah · #2689, 12y
Dalila · #2689, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Asal · #2689, 16y
Dalila · #2689, 13y
Delila · #2689, 15y
Genie · #2689, 10y

Ilma 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 Ilma without appearing here.

Ilma moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3541 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #5687.
Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2925 and #5765.

Moved ahead of Ilma

Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2727 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #2137.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #1711.
Ellinor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Ilma

Evan Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ilma went from #5061 to #2771 while Evan went from #3548 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Ilma

Eabha Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ilma went from #5061 to #2771 and Eabha from #5061 to #1262.
Francis Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ilma went from #5061 to #2771 and Francis from #5061 to #2574.
Blake Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ilma went from #5785 to #2771 and Blake from #2893 to #432.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2689 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ilma

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Ilma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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