Ilia
Ilia was the 2430th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 56 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,862 places. More babies were named Ilia in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,430 boys, up 10,374 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 56boys
- Girls and boys
- 46% girls, 54% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202556 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,077babies recorded
Ilia popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,217 | #2,430 | 34 | 56 |
| 2020 | #8,612 | #12,804 | 12 | 5 |
| 2010 | #8,425 | #12,983 | 14 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,204 | #11,041 | 9 | 5 |
| 1990 | #6,249 | — | 14 | — |
| 1980 | #2,294 | — | 43 | — |
| 1970 | #6,003 | — | 8 | — |
| 1960 | #6,722 | — | 5 | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Ilia, counting every spelling?
Ilia has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Ilia?
56 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ilia (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Ilia born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 150 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ilia.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ilia?
About 300 people born in the US named Ilia are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 2 and 18. That makes Ilia a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Ilia by state
How common Ilia was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Ilia
How popular is the name Ilia?
Ilia was the 2430th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 56 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,862 places. More babies were named Ilia in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Ilia a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 46% girls, 54% boys given the name Ilia in the US.
Where is Ilia most popular?
In 2021–2025, Ilia was most common in California (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and Texas.