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Ilias

Masculine · “my God is the Lord”

1975high 2024
#2304 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare60 boys in 2025

Ilias is the Greek of Elijah — my God is the Lord — and the prophet who does not die but is taken up in a whirlwind.

How old is the name Ilias?

Ilias first appears in US birth records in 1975 — 50 years ago. The typical Ilias is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Ilias are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Ilias most popular?

Ilias peaked in 2024, reaching #2190 nationally. Today it ranks #2304, 114 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Ilias

Elijah contends with the prophets of Baal on Carmel and is taken up in a whirlwind rather than dying; Jewish tradition keeps a cup for him at every Passover seder. The Greek Ilias is standard in Greece, and the Iliad is a separate word entirely. It appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

my God is the Lord

Through Elijah, from the Hebrew Eliyahu — Eli, 'my God', and Yahu, the divine name. It is a declaration made against Baal worship, which is the point of the prophet's story. Ilias is the Greek form. The Hebrew is transparent and undisputed.

How the name formed

  1. Eliyahu
  2. Ilias

Related forms: Ηλίας · Elias · Ilyas

Pronouncing Ilias

ee-LEE-as

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Greek says il-YAS with two.

Nicknames for Ilias

Moderate

IliThe front of the name, used inside families rather than generally
EliA related short form, and a name in its own right with a large record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1975–202566330666019752025

US babies named Ilias per year from 1975 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#21901970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1975
Most boys named
202466 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2190reached in 2024
Change vs 2024
−9.1%60 in 2025, from 66
Ilias sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2024, with 66 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Ilias in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Ηλίας in Greek — transliteration
  • Elias in English — spelling variant
  • Ilyas in Arabic — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.

Iliass among us

1,000

people named Ilias are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 28,468 born in 2025 was named Ilias

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Ilias

#2304
Ilias on the 2025 chart
#667
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ilias went to 60 boys in 2025, but Ilyas and Ilyaas are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 271, which makes it the 667th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,637 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 6,303 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 28,468 for Ilias itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Shant test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ilias's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Shant climbed just as high around 1991, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Shant's path sketches the road Ilias is walking now.

40%chance Ilias will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Ilias, aligned on its peakShant· peak 1991not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+30 yrsShant · #9092Ilias today
Ilias today is about where Shant stood in 1992 — 1 year past a #2190-sized peak. By 2007, Shant had settled around #4739.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Ilias sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Ilias is headed

19752030

US babies named Ilias per year, 1975 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Ilias looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 20% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Rising+20% by 2030projected around #2,175 in 2030

Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Ilias beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Ilias in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Iliasthis name60#2304Zian60#2304Avion60#2304Lex60#2304Joab60#2304

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That a cup is set for him at every seder is a first-rate detail.
  • The my-God-is-the-Lord meaning is a complete statement.
  • Eli is available as a related short form with a large record.
What to consider
  • Elias is the commoner English spelling.
  • The Iliad is a separate word often assumed to be related.
  • It reads as specifically Greek.

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Frequently asked

How many Iliass are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Ilias are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Ilias?
Ilias is one of 3 recorded spellings. Ilyas is the more common one — 200 births in 2025 against 60 for Ilias.
How popular is the name Ilias in 2025?
Ilias ranks #2304 among US boy names in 2025, with 60 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Ilias?
About 1 in every 28,468 US boys born in 2025 was named Ilias — 60 in all.
Will my child share the name Ilias with classmates?
Ilias will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Ilias

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Zian#2304 · Avion#2304 · Lex#2304 · Joab#2304 · Ahmari#2304 · Daxon#2304 · Enoc#2304 · Paris#2304

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