Girls' name · since 2005

Iliyana

143 babies named Iliyana in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#23,271 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,661 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
143
born since 2005
2010s
peak decade

143 babies have been named Iliyana since 2005, making it today's #12661 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Iliyana recorded 143 times among girls since 2005, holding rank #12661 nationally today, ahead of 27% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.

  • #23,271 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #12,661 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 143 born since 2005
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iliyana ranks #23,271 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,661 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 143 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.

#23,271 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,661 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
143
born since 2005
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%26.8%
Iliyana vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Iliyana's 143 recorded births place it above 67.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Iliyana compares

143 31st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Iliyana's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Iliyana Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 143 376 567,345
Peak-year births 12 21 19,840

Iliyana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Iliyana's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Iliyana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2009)
12
Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
468101214 2005200820112014201820222025 7

Iliyana by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (61 births, 43% of the file).

2010s was Iliyana's strongest decade.

61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.

Iliyana births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 61 births (43% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Iliyana?
Iliyana has been given to 143 babies in the U.S. since 2005, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #23,271 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #12,661 of 17,297. 12 babies were born in 2009, its single highest year.
Where does Iliyana sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iliyana ranks #23,271 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,661 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Iliyana most popular?
Iliyana was most popular in the 2010s decade with 61 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Iliyana been used?
Records for Iliyana go back to 2005, giving 21 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Iliyana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Iliana, Ilianna, Ilia, Iliyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Iliyana's data

  • Iliyana's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (61 total births) through the 2020s (43) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Iliyana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Iliyana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.