Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ilya

Gender

Male

Origin

Russian

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Ilya

Pronunciation

i-lya, il-ya

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #2617, 48 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3128, 38 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #4987, 26 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20253826
20243116
20233421
20222714
20213825
20203819
20193813
20184817
2017326
20162715

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #1506, 16 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1895, 13 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #3704, 6 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025136
20247–
202310–
202214–
20219–
2020104
2019163
201812–
201712–
20169–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #1368, 24 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1994, 13 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #2030, 15 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3214, 7 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023137
20222411
202178
2020815
2019129
20181412
2017125
2016118
2015136
201494

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2006 (rank #492, 4 births); most recent 2025 (rank #787, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2011 (rank #366, 9 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence