Illiana
Feminine
Illiana joins Ilia to an -ana ending, and Ilia was the mother of Romulus and Remus in one Roman version.
How old is the name Illiana?
Illiana first appears in US birth records in 1956 — 69 years ago. The typical Illiana alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 2,100 people named Illiana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Illiana most popular?
Illiana peaked in 2011, reaching #2124 nationally. Today it ranks #2458, 334 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Illiana
Our story of Illiana is a story of several roads to one sound. Ilion is Troy, and Iliana would be a Trojan woman — the Iliad is named for the city. Russian Ilya is Elijah. Hebrew Eliana means 'my God has answered'. American families writing Illiana since the 1990s may have come through any of them. All three sources are genuine; the descent for this spelling is not documented.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
Several routes. From Iliana, related to Ilion, the Greek name for Troy; from Ilya, the Russian Elijah; or from Eliana, Hebrew 'my God has answered'. None is established for this spelling. The doubled l is a modern American variant.
Pronouncing Illiana
il-ee-AH-nuh
Four syllables, stress on the third. Illiana and Iliana are said identically.
Nicknames for Illiana
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1956
- Most girls named
- 200884 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2124reached in 2011
- Change vs 2024
- −10.0%72 in 2025, from 80
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.
Illiana in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Iliana in English — spelling variant
- Iliana in Spanish — spelling variant
- Eliana in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Arizona.
Illianas among us
people named Illiana are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 22,323 born in 2025 was named Illiana
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Illiana
- #2458
- Illiana on the 2025 chart
- #432
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Illiana went to 72 girls in 2025, but Iliana, Ilyana and Ilianna and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 10 spellings went to 654, which makes it the 432nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,026 places above the chart.
and 2 rarer spellings.
About 1 girl in 2,458 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 22,323 for Illiana 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kalen test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Illiana's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kalen climbed just as high around 1994, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kalen's path sketches the road Illiana is walking now.
Illiana 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 Illiana is headed
Illiana should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Illiana beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Illiana in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ana is available as a short form with an enormous record.
- The Troy connection is a genuinely good one where it holds.
- Four syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- No single origin is established.
- Iliana with one l is the commoner spelling.
- Eliana is close in sound and has a settled meaning.
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Frequently asked
- How many Illianas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Illiana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Illiana?
- Illiana is one of 8 recorded spellings. Iliana is the more common one — 380 births in 2025 against 72 for Illiana.
- How popular is the name Illiana in 2025?
- Illiana ranks #2458 among US girl names in 2025, with 72 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Illiana?
- About 1 in every 22,323 US girls born in 2025 was named Illiana — 72 in all.
- Will my child share the name Illiana with classmates?
- Illiana will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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