Ilana

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ilana: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #742 in 2009, and it stood at #1,353 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#742highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1666
1998	#1319
1999	#1160
2000	#1688
2001	#1170
2002	#1245
2003	#1026
2004	#1836
2005	#1589
2006	#1243
2007	#1443
2008	#1247
2009	#1752
2010	#1731
2011	#1807
2012	#2338
2013	#1956
2014	#2058
2015	#1649
2016	#2120
2017	#1330
2018	#1393
2019	#1252
2020	#1352
2021	#1866
2022	#1685
2023	#1705
2024	#1353

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2009: #742 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1752 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2009
Highest recorded position: #742 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 2006–2009).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1353 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ilana appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 488 births with the name.

Ilana across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ilana's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1755 (1996)	#1026 (2003)	#1353 (2024)	29 of 29	488 (1996–2024)	26 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#764 (2006)	#742 (2009)	#742 (2009)	2 of 4	7 (2006–2009)	4 (2009)

Ilana 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 Ilana in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	50	4 of 10	13
2000s	168	10 of 10	17
2010s	174	10 of 10	17
2020sbusiest	96	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Ilana appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #742 in Republic of Ireland in 2009.

Ilana'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	#1353	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1352	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1252	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1393	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1330	25	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1807	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1247	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1443	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1243	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1026	23	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1160	17	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #742, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Ilan · #1224, 28y
Ilaria · #700, 25y
Ilayda · #990, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Darya · #742, 26y
Keren · #742, 28y
Cobie · #741, 27y
Mickey · #741, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Darya · #742, 26y
Efa · #742, 26y
Hannah-Rose · #742, 14y
Keren · #742, 28y

Ilana was ranked #742 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2009. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ilana 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 Ilana without appearing here.

Ilana moved ahead of

Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2338 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1956 and #4739.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2338 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1956 and #4739.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1705 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1353 and #3695.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1589 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1243 and #3548.

Moved ahead of Ilana

Audrey Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1026 and #1325 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1836 and #736.
Harper Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1247 and #1391 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1752 and #1171.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1352 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1866 and #1286.
Ida Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1243 and #1435 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1443 and #987.

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #742 in Republic of Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ilana

Ilana at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ilana across 2 official records

Ilana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ilana appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ilana

Ilana and the names beside it

Ilana moved ahead of

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Ilana at a glance

Ilana across 2 official records

Ilana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ilana appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ilana

Ilana and the names beside it

Ilana moved ahead of

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