Ilya comes from the Hebrew / Russian tradition, meaning My God is Yahweh, God is the Lord.
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How popular is Ilya?
2018peak year
Today, Ilya is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #3361), with only about 50 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2018, 48 babies were given the name (ranked #2623 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Ilya's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 1,161 babies have been registered as Ilya since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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