Illya
Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, Ilija, or Illia is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/Jah." It comes from the Byzantine Greek pronunciation of the vocative (Ilía) of the Greek Elias. It is pronounced with stress on the second syllable. The diminutive form is Iliusha or Iliushen'ka.
- Ukrainian
Meaning & Origin of Illya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, Ilija, or Illia is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/Jah." It comes from the Byzantine Greek pronunciation of the vocative (Ilía) of the Greek Elias. It is pronounced with stress on the second syllable. The diminutive form is Iliusha or Iliushen'ka.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ukrainian
The Story of Illya
As a girl name
Illya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1965, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1966: 11 births, good for #3,959 nationwide. About 79% of every Illya on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Illya last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 39 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Illya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1965, with 35 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1966: 78 births, good for #827 nationwide. About 58% of every Illya on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Illya last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 365 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Illya
Illya is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1965 and has accumulated 365 births in the dataset. Illya's peak popularity came in 1966 when it ranked #827. Use the chart and map above to compare Illya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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