Ilya

Where Ilya comes from

From Russian Илья́ (Ilʹjá). Doublet of Elijah.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ilya
  • Russian
  • Vowel-ended
Ilya through the years
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #3,948 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1981
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 2018
    Peak, #2,617
    48 babies named Ilya, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Russian.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.