Illya
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Given to boys 90.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1966 · 78 births
- Debut · boys
- 35 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 365since 1965
Illya over time
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #12,349 | 5 |
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| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
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| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
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| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
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| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
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| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
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| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
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| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
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| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
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| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,158 | 18 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,125 | 18 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,605 | 26 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #968 | 56 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #827 | 78 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #1,294 | 35 |
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First appearance
1965
The first year at least five boys were named Illya! It came in at #1,294, and was given to 35 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1988, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Illya is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Illya in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Illya
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 467 spots in 1966
- Biggest drop: 926 spots in 1968
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 1966 at #827 (78 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1966–1967
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,865
- Highest: 1 in 22,865 boys born in 1966 were named Illya (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 58.4% of all boys named Illya (213) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 213 | #827 (1966) | #1,318 |
| 1970s | 85 | #2,125 (1970) | #3,684 |
| 1980s | 16 | #6,315 (1984) | #6,842 |
| 1990s | 17 | #7,770 (1994) | #7,893 |
| 2000s | 13 | #9,864 (2009) | #10,393 |
| 2010s | 11 | #10,766 (2010) | #11,437 |
| 2020s | 10 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,186 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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