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Girl name

Ily

100% girls · 47 born in 2025

Ily has been given to about 995 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2015, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 984
Median age today10 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Ily per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2015 · 72
  • Born in 202547
  • All time995

How popular is Ily?

Its best year was 2015, when 72 babies were given the name, ranking 2512th. The typical living American called Ily is about 10 years old today. It is relatively most common in California, where it accounts for 0.00% of births.

Names that sound like Ily

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Lily0.81
  2. Lilly0.78
  3. Ivy0.69
  4. Emily0.62
  5. Keily0.62
  6. Reilly0.60
  7. Ila0.57
  8. Ally0.57

Middle names for Ily

Ranked by flow score
  1. Ily Anne0.81
  2. Ily Eve0.80
  3. Ily Elizabeth0.78
  4. Ily Catherine0.78
  5. Ily Josephine0.78
  6. Ily Rose0.77

Sibling names for Ily

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Neriahsister · 0.92
  2. Bodebrother · 0.90
  3. Bryerbrother · 0.90
  4. Seraphinasister · 0.90
  5. Ayaneither · 0.90
  6. Kyrenbrother · 0.89

Where Ily is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. California0.00%
  2. Texas0.00%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Ily Anderson0.77
  2. Ily Reyes0.72
  3. Ily Nguyen0.72
  4. Ily Moore0.72
  5. Ily Lee0.72
  6. Ily Hall0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Ily

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. Scotland1974–2020
  3. France1900–2025

Ily across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.