Baby name

Ilya

Girl Boy

21% girls / 79% boys

Origin of the name

Ilya is the Russian form of Elijah.

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Rising name

2018 was its best year: 48 births, or 1 baby in 73,268. The name is holding close to its all-time high. Its rank in 2025: No. 3127. 37% of all babies named Ilya since 1880 were born in the 2010s.

970births since 1880

2010sgeneration

No. 2616rank at its peak, in 2018

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Ilyas 2,196

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

Decade	Girls	Boys
1960s	24%	76%
1970s	0%	100%
1980s	39%	61%
1990s	5%	95%
2000s	9%	91%
2010s	21%	79%
2020s	37%	63%