How rare is the name Ilya?

5,505 people in the United States have the first name Ilya, about 1 in 54,865. It ranks #3,690 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ILYA

#3,690

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,505
About
1 in 54,865
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,505 people named Ilya, 94.1% reported their origin as White, 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.7% as two or more races. 95.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ilya peaked in 2018, when 65 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
65
In 2025*
64 ▼2%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 1,226 babies have been given the name since 1961. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ilya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #5,290. The largest share of babies named Ilya, 53.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#12,10321
1970s#16,97620
1980s#21,43718
1990s#11,825115
2000s#8,161270
2010s#6,034454
2020s#5,290328
Baby boom 1946–640.4%
Generation X 1965–803.5%
Millennials 1981–965.7%
Generation Z 1997–1237.3%
2013 and later53.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Ilya

1 other first name also has 5,505 people.

#3,690 Ani · 5,505

Either side of Ilya

#3,689 Marita · 5,506#3,690 Ani · 5,505#3,692 Nila · 5,504#3,693 Abdiel · 5,503

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ilya, most common first.

#2,857 Ila · 8,057#6,581 Ilia · 2,421#15,320 Illa · 753#16,385 Ily · 689#17,167 Illya · 647#22,678 Iliya · 437#29,486 Ilea · 300

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