Ilan

Ilan: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“tree”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
ee-LAHN · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (98% of all uses)

Ilan is a Hebrew name meaning 'tree.' It is the masculine form; Ilana is the feminine counterpart.

How popular is Ilan?

202438.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Ilan in 2024125

2024 rank#1,449 boys

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18803,166

Ilan is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Ilan

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Ilanatree · Hebrew
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew

Ilan questions

What does the name Ilan mean?

Ilan means "tree". It comes from Hebrew. Ilan is a Hebrew name meaning 'tree.' It is the masculine form; Ilana is the feminine counterpart.

Is Ilan a boy or girl name?

Ilan is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Ilan?

125 US babies were named Ilan in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Ilan?

Ilan is usually pronounced ee-LAHN.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.