Iliya
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- ee-LEE-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Iliya is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Iliya mean?
Hebrew: Bulgarian and Russian form of Elijah
“my God is Yahweh”
A form of Elijah, the Old Testament prophet taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire.
Is Iliya a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Iliya has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Iliya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Iliya, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th.
2025 had the most boys named Iliya of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Iliya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 38% of the babies named Iliya in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Iliya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
How popular is Iliya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Iliya, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Iliya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iliya in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
Names like Iliya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Ibrahim Muhammad Zakariya Mustafa Abdullah Huzaifa Hamza Zayd Zayaan Zakariyya Eesa
Names related to Iliya
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Iliya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iliya, updated 20 October 2026.