Ilay
Mostly girls · ee-LYE · Hebrew
Ilay is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supreme, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Ilay mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew, from Aramaic; also a separate Turkish girl's name
“supreme, exalted”
As a Hebrew boy's name it means 'supreme'; the Turkish girl's name İlay is built on ay 'moon'.
- Say it
- ee-LYE
Is Ilay a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Ilay has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 27 boys in the US.
How popular is Ilay in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 6 girls. 3 boys were also named Ilay in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
Ilay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
How popular is Ilay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Ilay, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. It first appears in the records in 2008.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Ilay of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Ilay in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were given Ilay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,210, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
- Ilay 27
- Ilai 23
Ilay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
Names like Ilay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Izan Zakai Musa Zamir Salem Asaiah Iker Azai Ilyas Jasai Ivaan Abdiel
Other spellings of Ilay
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