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Ilia

#4,216 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Form of Elijah

Ilia has been given to 1,077 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #4,216 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1980, with 43 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% girls, 24% boys all-time.

Babies named Ilia, 2025

1 in 97,500

Ilia over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ilia over time

In 2025, Ilia went to 38% girls and 62% boys.

19122025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ilia: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Elijah

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ilia means

Ilia is a form of Elijah.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Ilia → Elijah. The family’s meaning is “Yahweh is my god”, recorded in English with the source elements Eliyahu.

Origin, language, and formation

Ilia is used in Albanian and French.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Elijah and Илья́.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Ilia is pronounced /i.lja/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 821 girls were recorded with the name Ilia between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 43 in 1980; its best national rank was #2,294 in 1980.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,607 in 2020 to #4,216 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,635 in 2015 to #4,216 in 2025.

In the United States, 256 boys were recorded with the name Ilia between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 56 in 2025; its best national rank was #2,430 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,798 in 2020 to #2,430 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,287 in 2015 to #2,430 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Ilia?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 97,500
34 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 47,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,216
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
67,586 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ilia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 67,586 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ilia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ilias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ilia was born before 1997 — so the typical Ilia is around 28 today.

Median birth year
1997
About 28 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
20.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
45.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
789
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 20.5% of all recorded uses (168).

Is Ilia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+3,522
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,391
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,419
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.62×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
79.1%
Peak was 1980 (43)
Years since peak
45
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,294
1980

Spellings of Ilia

Ilia is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 19.7% against Ilia's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ilia is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Ilia was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 658,066 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ilia has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Ilia is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Ilia was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,517,931 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ilia has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ilia around the world

Where Ilia ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2003–2025
    #5,927
    in 2025
  • France
    1993–2022
    #6,500
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1968–2009
    #818
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ilia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,216
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,391
Best rank ever
#2,294
1980
Peak year
1980
43 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
821
Count in 2025
34

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,430
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 10,368
Best rank ever
#2,430
2025
Peak year
2025
56 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
256
Count in 2025
56

Names similar to Ilia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ilia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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