Ilisha

Girl · recorded 1974–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ilisha.

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Its story

Popularity since 1974

03519741985199620062017

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 17 recorded years as a table
Ilisha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19745
19763
19773
19785
19804
19813
19843
19863
19874
19894
19903
19953
19983
20023
20063
20074
20174

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ilisha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
7
Rank in 2017
#12,713
How rare
1 in 246,637 girls
Since 1974
104

Ilisha was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 5 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ilisha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.