Iliana

What Iliana means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Iliana yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #908 in 2015 to #730 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Iliana?

US: Rising: up from #908 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #1961 in 2015, #2138 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 380 girls got the name (#730 that year). First in the US records in 1955.

How common

• About 1 in 4,230 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 19,483 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.5 per 1,000 girls), OK (0.61 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.57 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Iliana is #730 in the US and #2138 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Iliana were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Eliana8,191 US · 736 E&W
• Elliana2,099 US · 47 E&W
• Elianna1,404 US · 36 E&W
• Aliana487 US · 16 E&W
• Alianna277 US · 11 E&W
• Eliany182 US
• Eliani135 US
• Illiana72 US · 9 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Iliana

Girls

• Lola#275Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US
• Leila#259Editor’s note Steady in the US: #247 in 2015 and #259 in 2025
• Lila#186“lilac”^*
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Ella#29Short form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Nevaeh#165From the word “heaven”^*

For a brother

• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Zayden#213Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2000, with 11 babies
• Cohen#225Editor’s note Up from #336 in 2015 to #225 in 2025 in the US
• Emmanuel#179Editor’s note Down from #151 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Iliana’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.