Ila

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ila: Recorded since 1998, it reached #1,537 in 2013, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1537highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2001	#2783
2003	#4373
2005	#1934
2006	#2320
2007	#2233
2008	#1641
2009	#2326
2010	#1815
2011	#1608
2012	#1991
2013	#1537
2014	#1628
2015	#1865
2016	#1920
2017	#1911
2018	#1586
2019	#2869
2020	#2042
2021	#3519
2022	#2488
2023	#1863
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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1537 among girls in England and Wales, in 2013 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ila 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 Ila in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	64	7 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	157	10 of 10	16
2020s	53	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Ila 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1537 in England and Wales in 2013.

Ila'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	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1586	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1537	20	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1608	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,537, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 4 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
20 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
20births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 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.

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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.

Derin · #1537, 21y
Millie-Rae · #1537, 18y
Callista · #1535, 23y
Fatou · #1535, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Callista · #1535, 23y
Fatou · #1535, 28y
Gwenno · #1535, 29y
Kenji · #1534, 21y

Ila 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 Ila without appearing here.

Ila moved ahead of

Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2326 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1815 and #5707.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #5493.
Shea Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2326 and #2148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1815 and #4688.
Cecilie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #4373 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1934 and #4798.

Moved ahead of Ila

Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2042 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #1785.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1863 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1743.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1628 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1865 and #1240.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1586 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #2458.

Moved the opposite way to Ila

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Ila went from #3848 to #1863 while Josefine went from #3848 to #5687.
Kristin Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Ila went from #3848 to #1863 while Kristin went from #1122 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Ila went from #3848 to #1863 while Therese went from #2165 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Ila went from #3848 to #1863 while Tracey went from #1319 to #5687.

Moved the same way as Ila

Hayden Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ila went from #1934 to #2771 and Hayden from #3970 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ila went from #1537 to #2771 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1537 in England and Wales in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ila

Ila at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ila by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Ila at a glance

Ila by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ila and the names beside it

Ila moved ahead of

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