Boys' name · since 2010
Ilyjah
Ilyjah has 17 recorded births since 2010 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,149 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ilyjah sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 17 recorded since 2010.
Ilyjah has 17 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2013.
- #30,149 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 17 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ilyjah ranks #30,149 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,149 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ilyjah's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ilyjah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ilyjah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ilyjah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2013
- Peak year (2010)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Ilyjah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (17 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Ilyjah's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ilyjah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ilyjah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2010–2013 (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 Ilyjah 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.