girls:
59 births since 2007
#5657 (1st percentile)
boys:
3k births since 1965
#2298 (50th percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1965
#4926 (36th percentile)
The name Ilan is the #4,926 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,040 recorded births since 1965. This represents the 36.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,298 (49.9% percentile) for all time with 2,981 births since 1965. For girls, it ranks #5,657 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 59 births since 2007.
Ilan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1965 (1965 for boys and 2007 for girls).
The name Ilan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Ilan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 16.3% percentile (ranked #763) with 84 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 84 births per million (ranked 16.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ilan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #763 (16.3% percentile) with 84 births per million.
For girls, Ilan reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #962) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ilan".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ilan", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 11 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Elan" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Elan..
Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Ilan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Ilan is pronounced as ee-LAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EE-luhn, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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