Ilyas

“Variant of Elijah — Yahweh is my God” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #1075 in the US (2025) · Trending

Ilyas is climbing: on the charts since 1976, it reached #1075 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 200 boys given the name last year. Roughly 2,200 have carried it all-time. Across the Midwest it runs about twice its national rate.

Around the world: #100 in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Ilyases

Ilyas Khoja — Khan of Moghulistan
Ilyas Zhansugurov — Kazakhstani poet (1894-1938)
İlyas Salman — Turkish actor and director (born 1949)
Ilyas Chaira — Moroccan footballer
Ilyas Afandiyev — Azerbaijani and Soviet writer (1914–1996)

What Ilyases become

Among 216 notable people named Ilyas:

Political leaders appear 1.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ilyas Ismayılov, Azerbaijani prosecutor and politician.

Similar names: Ilias · Zakariya · Ilan · Haziel · Elyas · Sylas

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