How Many People Are Named Ilija?
people named Ilija are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,964,280 people in the US has this name
Based on 177 babies named Ilija in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
13 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Macedonian, Serbian and Croatian form of ELIJAH, and a Bulgarian variant transcription of ILIYA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ilija in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ilija alive today is about 15 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ilija first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2024, to 13 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ilija has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #5,228, in 1971. In 2025 it ranked #12,732.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,732 |
| Best rank | #5,228 (1971) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #10,190 in the 2000s |
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