Ilham

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ilham: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #1,372 in 2002, and it stood at #2,115 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1372highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#1697
1999	#2189
2000	#2167
2001	#1870
2002	#1372
2003	#1996
2004	#1836
2005	#1406
2006	#1862
2007	#1965
2008	#2022
2009	#1752
2010	#2104
2011	#1903
2012	#2338
2013	#3536
2014	#2862
2015	#2705
2016	#3214
2017	#2925
2018	#2901
2019	#3151
2020	#5493
2021	#4634
2022	#4645
2023	#2346
2024	#2115

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 1997 to 2024.

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

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1372 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ilham appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 262 births with the name.

Ilham 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.

Ilham'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	#3824 (1997)	#1372 (2002)	#2115 (2024)	28 of 28	262 (1997–2024)	16 (2005)
England and Wales · Boys	#2613 (2011)	#2613 (2011)	#3688 (2024)	7 of 14	34 (2011–2024)	7 (2011)

Ilham 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 Ilham in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	3 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	117	10 of 10	12
2010s	90	10 of 10	9
2020s	35	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Ilham 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: #1372 in England and Wales in 2002.

Ilham'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	#2115	13	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,372, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

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.

Ilhaam · #2783, 18y
Ilhaan · #3262, 10y
Ilhan · #1519, 27y
Ilia · #829, 18y

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.

Ama · #1372, 27y
Amnah · #1372, 28y
Anissa · #1372, 28y
Bethel · #1371, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ama · #1372, 27y
Amnah · #1372, 28y
Anissa · #1372, 28y
Bethel · #1371, 24y

Ilham 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 Ilham without appearing here.

Ilham moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #5891.
Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2346 and #5687.
Kristin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2346 and #5687.
Shea Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2346 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Ilham

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Gustav Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2613 and #3300 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #1920.
Marilyn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2338 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3536 and #1707.

Moved the opposite way to Ilham

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ilham went from #3824 to #2115 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ilham went from #3824 to #2115 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ilham went from #3824 to #2115 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ilham went from #3824 to #2115 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Ilham

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ilham went from #3824 to #2115 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ilham went from #3824 to #2115 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ilham went from #3824 to #2115 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ilham went from #3824 to #2115 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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: #1372 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ilham

Ilham at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ilham across 2 official records

Ilham by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ilham appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ilham and the names beside it

Ilham moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ilham

Moved the opposite way to Ilham

Moved the same way as Ilham

Ilham at a glance

Ilham across 2 official records

Ilham by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ilham appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ilham and the names beside it

Ilham moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ilham

Moved the opposite way to Ilham

Moved the same way as Ilham