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Ilhan

#9,707 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Form of İlhan

Ilhan has been given to 589 babies in the U.S. since 1997. In 2025 it ranked #9,707 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 33 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 72% girls, 28% boys all-time.

Babies named Ilhan, 2025

1 in 332,000

Ilhan over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ilhan over time

In 2025, Ilhan went to 53% girls and 47% boys.

19972025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ilhan: meaning, origin, and history

Form of İlhan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ilhan means

Ilhan is a form of İlhan.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include İlhan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 422 girls were recorded with the name Ilhan between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 2019; its best national rank was #4,289 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,372 in 2020 to #9,707 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #15,216 in 2015 to #9,707 in 2025.

In the United States, 167 boys were recorded with the name Ilhan between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2022; its best national rank was #6,274 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,797 in 2020 to #8,497 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,465 in 2015 to #8,497 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Ilhan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 161,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,707
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ilhan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ilhan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ilhans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ilhan was born before 2014 — so the typical Ilhan is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
48.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
422
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Choose a decade

2010s — 48.8% of all recorded uses (206).

Is Ilhan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+120
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,335
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+5,509
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.67×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
30.3%
Peak was 2019 (33)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
42.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,289
2019

Spellings of Ilhan

Ilhan is not the most common spelling — Ila is, with 19.4% against Ilhan's 0.33%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ilhan is used

Across 1910–2025, Ilhan was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 121,389 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 33,333
  2. 2Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ilhan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ilhan around the world

Where Ilhan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #3,705
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1998–2021
    #3,354
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    2008–2008
    #796
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ilhan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,707
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,335
Best rank ever
#4,289
2019
Peak year
2019
33 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
422
Count in 2025
10

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,497
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,300
Best rank ever
#6,274
2022
Peak year
2022
14 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
167
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Ilhan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ilhan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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