boy's name

Ilias

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 5,347

Scotland

#826

2022 births

Ilias is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 60 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in France in 2004, when 195 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 23,580 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1975.

Ilias over time

Births per decade in France, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,680
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Ilias by decade in France
Decade Births
1970s 20
1980s 100
1990s 770
2000s 1,680
2010s 840
2020s (to 2025) 205

How popular is Ilias?

In 2025, Ilias was given to 25 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Ilias is used

Scotland #826 3 in 2022
Ireland #947 3 in 2024
France #1,388 25 in 2025
England & Wales #1,861 14 in 2025
Canada #2,144 9 in 2023
United States #2,320 60 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Ilias

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Ilias also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ilias over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Ilias in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Catalan
Elies
Polish
Eliasz
Romanian
Ilie
Serbian
Ilija
Serbo-Croatian
Ilija
Slovene
Ilija
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Elie

Sibling names for Ilias

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ilias — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ilias

How popular is the name Ilias?

In 2025, Ilias was given to 25 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Ilias a girl's or a boy's name?

Ilias is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Ilias most popular?

Ilias peaked in 2004, when 195 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Ilias a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ilias currently ranks #1,388 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.