Ilina

#11,295 in 2025Girls' name

Feminine form of Iliya

Ilina has been given to 198 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #11,295 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Ilina, 2025

1 in 414,000

Ilina over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ilina: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Iliya

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ilina means

Ilina is a feminine form of Iliya.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ilina is used in Bulgarian and Macedonian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈi.li.na/ for Ilina.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Iliya.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 198 girls were recorded with the name Ilina between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2021; its best national rank was #8,201 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,586 in 2020 to #11,295 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #11,252 in 2015 to #11,295 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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Ilina?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 201,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #11,295; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ilina 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ilina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ilinas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ilina was born before 2015 — so the typical Ilina is around 10 today.

Median birth year: 2015; About 10 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 47.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 94.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 198; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 47.5% of all recorded uses (94).

Is Ilina 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: −1,467; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −709; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −43; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.89×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 61.5%; Peak was 2021 (13)
Years since peak: 4; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,201; 2021

Spellings of Ilina

Ilina is not the most common spelling — Linda is, with 30.9% against Ilina's <0.01%.

Linda30.9%1,455,143
Lisa20.5%967,229
Tina6.2%292,146
Gina3.2%153,057
Lena3.1%146,479
Nina2.8%133,788
Elena2.3%108,013
Luna1.9%87,715

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.

Ilina around the world

Where Ilina 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
2011–2024
#5,892
in 2024
France
2000–2025
#2,163
in 2025
Canada
2017–2020
#3,347
in 2020

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Ilina by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #11,295
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 709
Best rank ever: #8,201; 2021
Peak year: 2021; 13 that year
First recorded: 1998
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 198
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Ilina

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

Iliza Iliany Iliani Iline Iliyah Ilisa Atina Keina Olina Iliyana Saina Solina Yamina Avina Zorina Ghina Verina Zerina Hasina Molina Nalina Kelina Ilia Edina

Sibling names for Ilina

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Sydnie Sydni Karleigh Rhianna Alysa Adelle

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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