Boys' name · since 2007
Ilyan
120 babies named Ilyan in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,214 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,555 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ilyan currently ranks #5555 among boys' names in America, with 120 babies recorded since 2007.
Ilyan has 120 recorded births among boys since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5555 as of the latest data, more common than 60% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #16,214 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,555 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 120 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ilyan ranks #16,214 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,555 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 120 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,214 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,555 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ilyan's 120 recorded births place it above 64.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ilyan compares
120 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Ilyan's all-time total is 67% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ilyan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 120 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ilyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ilyan's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ilyan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Ilyan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (77 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Ilyan's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Ilyan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 77 births (64% of all-time use).
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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, 2007–2025 (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 Ilyan 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.