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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: falling fast

IlyaIn Hebrew: איליה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אִילְיָה

Ilya (Hebrew: איליה) is a boy's name of international origin. 5,519 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1986, with 157 babies.

People in Israel
5,519
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1986
157 babies
USA, 2025
38
rank #3,128

Writing and saying Ilya

In Hebrew letters the name is איליה, read right to left. Ilya is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Ilya by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Ilya: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Ilya in English-speaking countries

Ilya in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202538#3,1282018 (48)
United Kingdom202513#1,9652015 (16)
England and Wales202513#1,8952015 (16)
Ireland20253#7872006 (4)
Alberta20255#8132023 (6)
Quebec20255#7172010 (5)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Ilya has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Ilya

How do you write Ilya in Hebrew?

Ilya is written איליה in Hebrew (with vowel points: אִילְיָה). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Ilya?

5,519 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name איליה: 104 women and 5,415 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Ilya a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 98.1% of the people named איליה are men.

Is Ilya used outside Israel?

The name Ilya appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 38 boys were given it in 2025 (#3,128), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 13 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.