How Many People Are Named Ilyas?
people named Ilyas are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 157,070 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,196 babies named Ilyas in Social Security records from 1976 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
200 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Turkish form of ELIJAH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ilyas in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ilyas alive today is about 9 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ilyas first appears in the records in 1976, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 200 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1976 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ilyas has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,075, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,075.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,075 |
| Best rank | #1,075 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,713 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ilyas alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ilyas were born in New York than in any other state: about 239 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ilyas was given 7.6 times as often in Minnesota, 3.2 times in New York and 2.2 times in Ohio.
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