How Many People Are Named Ileah?
An estimated 277 people in the United States have the first name Ileah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 27 years old, and Ileah peaked in popularity in 1981 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ileah as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ileah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
277
About 1 in 1,237,380 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
1981
16 births
Total Registered
286
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ileah
Ileah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 286 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Ileah as a female name
Ranked #14,149 in 2021
6 female births in 2021
Peak: 1981 (16 births)
Ileah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ileah span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 74 babies were registered. Ileah has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Ileah by Decade
How has Ileah tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ileah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ileah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Ileah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ileah?
We estimate approximately 277 people named Ileah are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,237,380 Americans share this first name.
Is Ileah a common name?
Ileah is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 286 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ileah most popular?
Ileah reached peak popularity in 1981, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ileah is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ileah a female name?
Ileah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ileah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ileah Smith, Ileah Johnson, Ileah Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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