Illyana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- il-YAH-na
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Illyana is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
Where does Illyana come from?
Spelling of Ilyana, itself a variant of Iliana; origin uncertain
Meaning borrowed from Ilyana.
Is Illyana a girl's or a boy's name?
Illyana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Illyana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Illyana, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had more girls named Illyana than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Illyana in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 138 girls in the US were given Illyana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,355, up from #4,660 for this spelling alone.
Illyana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Illyana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ivanna Mckenna Briella Sienna Isabella Isla Camila Kiara Fiona Kennedy Amira Elianna
Other spellings of Illyana
Names related to Illyana
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, “Illyana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/illyana, updated 20 October 2026.