girls:
242 births since 1995
#5474 (4th percentile)
boys:
22 births since 2002
#4564 (0th percentile)
overall:
264 births since 1995
#7475 (3rd percentile)
The name Ilham is the #7,475 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 264 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 3.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,474 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 242 births since 1995. For boys, it ranks #4,564 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 2002.
Ilham first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for girls and 2002 for boys). Birth data for Ilham is available in 23 out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2023 (23 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ilham has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 63.6% of babies named Ilham were girls.
For girls, Ilham reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #926) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2018, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Ilham is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #938 (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million.
For boys, Ilham reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #920) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Ilham ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 90.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ilham".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Ilham. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Ilham is pronounced as ihl-HAHM, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is IHL-hahm, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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