Idalis vs Idania
American parents have registered 908 Idalises since 1880, against 618 Idanias. But in 2025 it was Idania that was commoner, 14 babies to 13.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Idalis Idania
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 50 years in which either name was published, Idania for 25 years and Idalis for 25 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.
- 1971–1993 Idania ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1994–2022 Idalis ahead, apart from 2 short spells
8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Idalis | Idania | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 908 | 618 |
| Most in one year | 138 | 34 |
| Babies in 2025 | 13 | 14 |
| Estimated living today | 900 | 610 |
| Median age today | 26 | 25 |
| Peak year | 1996 | 2000 |
| Best rank | 1,261st girls | 3,738th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 7,885th | 7,491st |
| First recorded | 1983 | 1971 |
| Girls / boys | 908 / 0 | 618 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Where each one is strongest
- Idalis Texas (3.5×), California (2.9×), New York (2.2×)
- Idania California (6.6×), Texas (2.4×), New York (1.4×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Idalis and Idania.