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Ilyana

Feminine · “my God is the Lord”

1978high 2025
#2326 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare78 girls in 2025

Ilyana is a Slavic feminine of Ilya, which is Elijah — my God is the Lord — and the prophet taken up in a whirlwind.

How old is the name Ilyana?

Ilyana first appears in US birth records in 1978 — 47 years ago. The typical Ilyana is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,400 people named Ilyana are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Ilyana most popular?

Ilyana peaked in 2025, reaching #2326 nationally. Today it ranks #2326, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Ilyana

Elijah is taken up in a whirlwind rather than dying, and Slavic Christianity made Ilya one of its commonest names; Ilya Muromets is the great hero of Russian epic. Ilyana is a modern feminine of it and appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

my God is the Lord

Through Ilya, the Russian form of Elijah, from the Hebrew Eliyahu — Eli, 'my God', and Yahu, the divine name. Ilyana is a modern feminine formation. The Hebrew is transparent and the chain documented.

How the name formed

  1. Eliyahu
  2. Ilya
  3. Ilyana

Related forms: Ильяна · Iliana · Iliana

Pronouncing Ilyana

il-ee-AH-nah

Four syllables, stress on the third. Russian Ilya is eel-YAH.

Nicknames for Ilyana

Moderate

IlyaThe root name, and a name in its own right in Russian
AnaThe back of the name, and one of the most-used names in Europe
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1978–2025783907819782025

US babies named Ilyana per year from 1978 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#23261970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1978
Most girls named
202578 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2326reached in 2025
Change vs 2024
+4.0%78 in 2025, from 75
Ilyana sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 78 girls. 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.

Ilyana in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Ильяна in Russian — transliteration
  • Iliana in English — spelling variant
  • Iliana in Spanish — related form

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

Ilyanas among us

1,400

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

About 1 girl in 20,606 born in 2025 was named Ilyana

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

Spellings of Ilyana

#2326
Ilyana on the 2025 chart
#432
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ilyana went to 78 girls in 2025, but Iliana, Illiana 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 — 1,894 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 20,606 for Ilyana 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 Marygrace test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ilyana's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marygrace climbed just as high around 2004, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marygrace's path sketches the road Ilyana is walking now.

40%chance Ilyana will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Ilyana, aligned on its peakMarygrace· peak 2004not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+20 yrsMarygrace · #4342Ilyana today
Ilyana today is about where Marygrace stood in 2004 — in its own peak year. By 2019, Marygrace had settled around #4242.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Ilyana 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 Ilyana is headed

19782030

US babies named Ilyana per year, 1978 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Ilyana should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+1% by 2030projected around #2,418 in 2030

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.

Ilyana beside its neighbors

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

Ilyanathis name78#2326Ria78#2326Malaika78#2326Delta78#2326Caitlin78#2326

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The my-God-is-the-Lord meaning is a complete statement.
  • Ana is available as a short form with an enormous record.
  • Four syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • Iliana and Ilyana are both in circulation.
  • The connection to Elijah is invisible without explanation.
  • Four syllables make it long for everyday use.

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Frequently asked

How many Ilyanas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Ilyana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Ilyana?
Ilyana is one of 8 recorded spellings. Iliana is the more common one — 380 births in 2025 against 78 for Ilyana.
How popular is the name Ilyana in 2025?
Ilyana ranks #2326 among US girl names in 2025, with 78 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Ilyana?
About 1 in every 20,606 US girls born in 2025 was named Ilyana — 78 in all.
Will my child share the name Ilyana with classmates?
Ilyana will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Ilyana

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Ria#2326 · Malaika#2326 · Delta#2326 · Caitlin#2326 · Tommie#2326 · Azalia#2326 · Audrina#2326 · Sitara#2326

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