Ilya

Where Ilya comes from

From Russian Илья́ (Ilʹjá). Doublet of Elijah.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ilya
  • Russian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #3,948 among boys, 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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2018
    Peak, #2,617
    48 babies named Ilya — more than any year before or since.
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.