girl's name

Illyria

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 172

Illyria is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2023, when 12 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2004.

Illyria over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Illyria by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 34
2010s 71
2020s (to 2025) 49

How popular is Illyria?

In 2025, Illyria was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Illyria is used

Canada #3,545 5 in 2018
France #6,047 5 in 2018
England & Wales #6,295 3 in 2022
United States #15,102 5 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.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Illyria

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

Parents who like Illyria also like

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

Sibling names for Illyria

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

Common questions about Illyria

How popular is the name Illyria?

In 2025, Illyria was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Illyria is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Illyria most popular?

Illyria peaked in 2023, when 12 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Illyria a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Illyria currently ranks #15,102 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.