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
- Peak · boys
- 1966 · 78 births
- Debut · boys
- 35 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 365since 1965
Illya over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
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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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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 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#354 · 1 in 3,855
- Georgia#426 · 1 in 5,272
- Louisiana#505 · 1 in 5,884
- New York#932 · 1 in 31,417
Best ever in a state: #354 in South Carolina, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #354 | 6 | 1 in 3,855 |
| Georgia | #426 | 8 | 1 in 5,272 |
| Louisiana | #505 | 6 | 1 in 5,884 |
| New York | #932 | 5 | 1 in 31,417 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Illya
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 467 spots in 1966 (#1,294 → #827)
- Biggest drop: 926 spots in 1968 (#968 → #1,894)
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 1966 at #827 (78 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1966–1967
- 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%)
- 58.4% of all boys named Illya (213) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 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.
Illya in 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 153,834 of them was named Illya, which outranked 48.1% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,740Willena12
- #3,740Yavonne12
- #3,740Yolander12
- #3,959Illya11
- #3,959Adora11
- #3,959Alayna11
- #3,959Albertha11
- #4,198Alan10
- #4,198Alea10
- #4,198Alease10
Tied with 238 names at #3,959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 22,865 of them was named Illya, which outranked 81.8% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).