Names / Unisex names
Ilya
Current rank
#3,153
holding steady
All-time peak
#2,623
in 2018
First recorded
1961
in U.S. data
Children named
1,200
since 1961
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,623 in 2018 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
My God is Yahweh (Slavic form of Elijah). It was first recorded in American naming data in 1961. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Roughly 1,200 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.