Ilaina

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ilaina by the numbers

Ilaina was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Ilaina

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ilaina. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ilanaoak tree21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ilaanaoak tree; a form of Ilana3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ilina8 in the US (2017)
  • Ilanna6 in the US (2017)
  • Ivannagod is gracious; feminine form of John575 in the US (2017)
  • Ilianaof Troy; form of Iliana or Iliana292 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Ilaina

Names that are said the same way as Ilaina, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ileanabright one; a form of Helen87 in the US (2017)
  • Ilonalight, bright; a form of Helen5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ilenabright, shining light; form of helen14 in the US (2017)
  • Ileannabright one; elaborated form of Helen11 in the US (2017)
  • Illeanabright light; form of Helen6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ilaina

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