Ilia

“Variant of Elijah — Yahweh is my God” — Hebrew, via Russian Ilya origin

Boy's name · #2421 in the US (2025) · Trending

Ilia has appeared in US records since 1998 — best rank #2421 (2025) · 256 babies named Ilia all-time · 1 in 33,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 4,200 boys in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 7,900 boys in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 9,100 boys in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 1 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Ilias

Ilia Chavchavadze — Georgian public figure and writer; a saint of Georgian Orthodox Church (1837-1907)
Ilia II of Georgia — Patriarch of Georgia (1933–2026)
Ilia Topuria — Georgian and Spanish mixed martial artist (born 1997)
Ilia Vekua — Russian mathematician (1907-1977)
Ilia Malinin — American figure skater

Among 355 notable people named Ilia:

Military figures appear 1.69× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ilia Odishelidze, Russian and Georgian general.

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