Ilar
Ilar is a name with a single cultural origin: Welsh.
- Welsh
Meaning & Origin of Ilar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ilar is a name with a single cultural origin: Welsh.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Welsh
The Story of Ilar
Ilar first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1914, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1917: 7 births, good for #3,713 nationwide. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 57% of all recorded Ilars. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1922 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 30 Ilars have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Ilar
Ilar is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 30 births in the dataset. Ilar's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #3,713. Use the chart and map above to compare Ilar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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