Ilyana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- il-YAH-na
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,280 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,326 for girls
Ilyana is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,280th for girls in the UK (26 babies) and 2,326th for girls in the US (78 babies).
Where does Ilyana come from?
Variant of Iliana; origin uncertain
Is Ilyana a girl's or a boy's name?
Ilyana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the UK and 78 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ilyana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,280th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were named Ilyana, making it the 1,280th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 862nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 45 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Ilyana than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Ilyana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were given Ilyana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,058, up from #1,280 for this spelling alone.
- Ilyana 26
- Ilyanah 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,229th in England and Wales.
Ilyana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,280 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2022 | 34 | #1,066 |
| 2021 | 34 | #1,078 |
| 2020 | 45 | #862 |
| 2019 | 39 | #981 |
| 2018 | 34 | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
How popular is Ilyana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,326th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 78 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were named Ilyana, making it the 2,326th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,659th. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had the most girls named Ilyana of any year since it first appeared, in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Ilyana in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 138 girls in the US were given Ilyana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,355, up from #2,326 for this spelling alone.
Ilyana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #2,326 |
| 2024 | 75 | #2,413 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,975 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,463 |
| 2021 | 74 | #2,416 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,659 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,752 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,532 |
| 2017 | 73 | #2,464 |
| 2016 | 72 | #2,502 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,613 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,597 |
| 2012 | 77 | #2,401 |
| 2011 | 50 | #3,266 |
| 2010 | 52 | #3,158 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Ilyana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Amira, Ayra, Khadija, Ayla, Liyana, Sienna, Isla, Maeva, Amara, Inaya, Hafsa
Other spellings of Ilyana
Names related to Ilyana
Alyana, Elyana, Ilana, Iliana, Eliyanah, Eliyana, Aliyana, Ileana, Ailana
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, “Ilyana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ilyana, updated 20 October 2026.