Is Ilya a boy or girl name?

Ilya is a unisex name. Of the 1,226 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 20.9% were girls and 79.1% were boys.

Ilya

Recorded 1961–2025 · United States

Ilya was most popular in 2018, when 65 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,665 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,741, with 64 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,226 people named Ilya.

Ilya over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ilya’s peak in 2018. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ilya a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ilya is a unisex name — 20.9% of the 1,226 Americans given it were girls and 79.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 33% girls and 67% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Ilya

Where Ilya is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 5.7×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org