Ilya

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Peak · boys
#2,617
2018 · 48 births
Debut · boys
1966
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
970
since 1966

Ilya over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,617, 2018girlsat peakboys
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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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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,98726#3,12838
2024#6,93216#3,52432
2023#5,75221#3,41634
2022#7,63114#3,99527
2021#5,09125#3,12138
2020#6,08319#3,02538
2019#8,13813#3,10338
2018#6,79217#2,61748
2017#14,1246#3,44032
2016#7,60215#3,88327
2015#13,0067#3,14936
2014#9,51711#3,45631
2013#11,9698#3,18934
2012#11,2579#2,90540
2011—#2,79842
2010#12,2768#3,37732
2009#11,4599#3,72128
2008#17,5045#4,39522
2007—#3,51130
2006—#3,78226
2005—#3,24131
2004—#4,42119
2003—#2,99332
2002#10,2469#5,13114
2001—#3,84221
2000—#3,42324
1999#12,6886#3,48022
1998—#4,65014
1997—#4,45114
1996—#4,61313
1995—#6,4078
1994—#5,10911
1993—#4,22714
1992—#7,4226
1991—#6,5197
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five boys were named Ilya! It came in at #3,948, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1966–1968, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ilya is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,203 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,246 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedHITexas: #2,574 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,010 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ilya, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246
  2. Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010

Best ever in a state: #584 in Washington, 2003.

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Texas#2,57451 in 35,010
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See more about Ilya
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 396 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #3,128)
  • 103 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #3,128)
  • 21 spots since 2015 (#3,149 → #3,128)
Rise & fade · boys
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 2018 at #2,617 (48 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 37,837
  • Highest: 1 in 37,837 boys born in 2018 were named Ilya (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 44,949 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 37.1% of all boys named Ilya (360) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1981
  • Mostly girls until 1980, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s16#2,682 (1969)#3,315
1970s20#3,963 (1971)#4,363
1980s11#6,262 (1981)#6,344
1990s109#3,480 (1999)#5,209
2000s247#2,993 (2003)#3,846
2010s360#2,617 (2018)#3,192
2020s207#3,025 (2020)#3,368

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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