Ilyana
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ilyana is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 44K(inferred from the name graph)
- BGBulgaria≈1 in 1.5Kas Илияна
- USUnited States1 in 23Kas Iliana
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ilyana itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 129 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 44K (inferred from the name graph)
14,616 named Iliana, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Иляна in RU Russia and Iliana in BG Bulgaria.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ilyana counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 14,616as Iliana | 1 in 23K | 15K | Ilyana | 127 |
| BG Bulgaria | #137 | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Iliana | 102 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 3,066as Iliana | 1 in 5.5K | 3.1K | — | 2 |
| RU Russia | #929 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 57K | #925 | Иляна | 129 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 44K | 7.5K | Ilyana | 107 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 1,127as Iliana | 1 in 4.5K | 1.1K | — | 3 |
| AL Albania | — | 102as Iljana | 1 in 30K | 102 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | — | 51 | 1 in 339K | 51 | Ilyana | 7 |
14,616 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling iliana. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); INEC — civil registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Iliana Raevab. 1963BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian rhythmic gymnast
- Илияна Йотоваb. 1964BGnot in their usual namePresident of Bulgaria since 2026, vice-president of Bulgaria from 2017 to 2026, politician and journalist
- Iliyana Gochevab. 1976BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian volleyball player
- Iliyana Tsanovab. 1976BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian politician
- Iliyana Petkovab. 1977BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian volleyball player
- Ilyana Filipchukb. 1993KZbadminton player
- Iliana NikolovaBGnot in their usual nameBulgarian canoeist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 37 sources across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 7.5K | #173 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 979 | #12,629 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 78 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 51 | #8,314 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 34 | #14,637 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1 | #12,629 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 1 | #38,057 |
Reference works 1
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Ilyana a male or female name?
- Ilyana is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Ilyana have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 15 thousand people named Iliana, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Ilyana?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 51 people named Ilyana, about 1 in 339 thousand residents.
- How common is Ilyana compared with other names?
- In Bulgaria, Ilyana is the 137th most common given name of 22,906 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ilyanaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ilyana” — the 137th most common given name in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.