Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Illya isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Illya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 404
- 365 boys · 39 girls
- Most popular year
- 1966
- 89 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 78 in 1966. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 647 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Illya’s family of names
Illya may belong to the same name family as ILLLYA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Illya
- Ilia KoshevoyBelarusian cyclistborn 1991
- Ilya VlasenkoSoviet military personnel (1902–1963)
- Ilya ShinkevichBelarusian ice hockey playerborn 1989
- Ilya VolkovBelarusian singerborn 2002
- Illya HawrylawBelarusian footballerborn 1988
- Ilya KaznadeyBelarusian ice hockey playerborn 1989
- Illya KalpachukBelarusian footballerborn 1990
- Ilya MatalyhaBelarusian footballerborn 1984
- Ilya UshakovBelarusian footballerborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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