boys:
159 births since 1971
#4427 (3rd percentile)
overall:
159 births since 1971
#7580 (2nd percentile)
The name Ilija is the #7,580 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 159 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 2.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,427 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 159 births since 1971.
Ilija first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (first recorded for boys in 1971). Birth data for Ilija is available in 23 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Ilija reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #875) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ilija ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 80.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ilija".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Ilija. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Ilija is pronounced as ih-LEE-juh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ee-LEE-juh, at 15.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like IH0 L IY1 JH AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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