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Ilan

Boy's name · #1445 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Ilan is climbing: on the charts since 1965, it is ranked #1445 in 2025, with about 120 boys given the name last year. Roughly 3,200 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#124 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #307 in France (2025) · #430 in Switzerland (2025) · #684 in Ecuador (2025) · #704 in Scotland (2025) · #738 in Netherlands (2025) · #920 in Belgium (2025) · #977 in Sweden (2025) · #1,091 in Austria (2025) · #1,739 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,158 in Canada (2024).

Famous Ilans

• Ilan Ramon — Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut
• Ilan Pappé — Israeli-British historian (born 1954)
• Ilan Gilon — Israeli politician (1956–2022)
• Ilan Shor — Moldovan-Israeli entrepreneur, politician and convicted fraudster
• Ilan Van Wilder — Belgian cyclist

In stories & tradition

• Ilan Bodnar — NCIS (TV series)

What Ilans become

Among 208 notable people named Ilan:

Military figures appear 2.54× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ilan Ramon, Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut.

Similar names: Micaiah · Ilyas · Noam · Eitan · Yechiel · Elan

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