# Ilya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ilya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Russian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,226 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 970 / 256 (21% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 260, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Russian Илья́ (Ilʹjá). Doublet of Elijah.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 12,742 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,633 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,434 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,777 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,541 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,749 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,814 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,914 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,300 |
| 2020 | 19 | 6,167 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,146 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,780 |
| 2023 | 21 | 5,829 |
| 2024 | 16 | 7,058 |
| 2025 | 26 | 5,027 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 2,822 |
| 2012 | 40 | 2,923 |
| 2013 | 34 | 3,225 |
| 2014 | 31 | 3,492 |
| 2015 | 36 | 3,182 |
| 2016 | 27 | 3,922 |
| 2017 | 32 | 3,480 |
| 2018 | 48 | 2,623 |
| 2019 | 38 | 3,121 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3,044 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,146 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,031 |
| 2023 | 34 | 3,446 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,554 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,153 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,511 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,692 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Իլյա
- French: Ilia
- Polish: Ilia
- Russian: Илья́
- Ukrainian: Ілля

## People named Ilya

- Ilya Smirin, Belarusian-Israeli chess player
- Ilya Kharun, Canadian swimmer
- Ilya Samoshnikov, association football player
- Ilya Bolotowsky, artist (1907-1981)
- Ilya Halyuza, footballer
- Ilya Solovyov, Belarusian ice hockey player
- Ilya Gurevich, American chess player
- Ilya Mikhalyov, footballer
- Illya Kvasha, diver
- Illya Aleksiyevich, Belarusian footballer
- Iliya Kirchev, Bulgarian footballer (1932–1997)
- Iliya Lazarov, Bulgarian politician (born 1965)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.