# Ilyas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ilyas/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,196 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,196 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,828, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74 | 1,891 |
| 2012 | 85 | 1,764 |
| 2013 | 87 | 1,699 |
| 2014 | 92 | 1,675 |
| 2015 | 86 | 1,773 |
| 2016 | 100 | 1,611 |
| 2017 | 108 | 1,528 |
| 2018 | 108 | 1,556 |
| 2019 | 111 | 1,524 |
| 2020 | 116 | 1,477 |
| 2021 | 98 | 1,680 |
| 2022 | 122 | 1,484 |
| 2023 | 154 | 1,253 |
| 2024 | 158 | 1,255 |
| 2025 | 200 | 1,075 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 91 | 431 |
| 2012 | 104 | 395 |
| 2013 | 99 | 409 |
| 2014 | 107 | 381 |
| 2015 | 117 | 373 |
| 2016 | 103 | 410 |
| 2017 | 105 | 419 |
| 2018 | 112 | 387 |
| 2019 | 147 | 322 |
| 2020 | 121 | 359 |
| 2021 | 151 | 310 |
| 2022 | 182 | 258 |
| 2023 | 213 | 229 |
| 2024 | 250 | 201 |
| 2025 | 276 | 182 |

## People named Ilyas

- Ilyas Ansah, German association football player
- Ilyas ibn Mudar, ancestor of Muhammad

## 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.