Iliyana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-lee-YAH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Iliyana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Iliyana mean?
Hebrew: Bulgarian feminine of Iliya (Elijah)
“my God is Yahweh”
Is Iliyana a girl's or a boy's name?
Iliyana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Iliyana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Iliyana, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Iliyana of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Iliyana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
How popular is Iliyana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Iliyana, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Iliyana in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Iliyana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
Names like Iliyana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Ayra, Abeeha, Irha, Raya, Hawa, Amira, Khadija, Hiba, Rahma, Isra
Names related to Iliyana
Ilyana, Ilana, Iliana, Ileana, Illiana, Ilina, Ilianna, Illyana, Ilyanna
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, “Iliyana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/iliyana, updated 20 October 2026.