Ilija
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ih-LY-juh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Ilija is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Ilija mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Ilijah; respelling of Elijah
“my God is Yahweh”
A respelling of Elijah, the Hebrew prophet taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire.
Meaning borrowed from Ilijah.
Is Ilija a girl's or a boy's name?
Ilija is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ilija in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Ilija, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had fewer boys named Ilija than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Ilija in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ilija in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Nicknames for Ilija
- Eli 421 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ilija
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Ibrahim, Isa, Ezra, Alijah, Jaziel, Hamza, Elisha, Isaiah, Asa, Azael, Yehuda
Names related to Ilija
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ilija: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ilija, updated 20 October 2026.