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Ylianna

ee-lee-AH-nuh /iˈli.ænə/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
#13,208 of girl names (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025
6 (<0.01% of girls)
Peak
#10,246 in 2002
First recorded
1998

Meaning of Ylianna

Ylianna dances onto the scene like a warm breeze through a sunlit plaza, a vibrant twist on the classic Iliana and Eliana that carries Latin sunshine in every syllable. With her jaunty “Y” up front, she’s pronounced ee-lee-AH-nuh in English and ee-LYAH-nah in Spanish, rolling off the tongue like abuela’s secret hot sauce—easy to savor and impossible to forget. Rooted in the ancient Latin word for “light” and echoing the Greek helen (“sunbeam”), Ylianna feels both timeless and fresh, as if she’s been whispered across generations under festive papel picado banners. Though she’s never been a superstar on the baby charts—typically lighting up about half a dozen to a dozen birth announcements each year and landing shy of the top 900—her steady, glowing presence proves that you don’t need millions of fans to shine brilliantly. Enthusiastic, lyrical, and sprinkled with just the right dash of spice, Ylianna is a name that promises joy, warmth, and a little dash of mischief in every heart she graces.

How to pronounce Ylianna

English

Spanish

Popularity of Ylianna in the U.S.

Ylianna was the #13,208 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 6 babies. It peaked at #10,246 in 2002. It first appears in the records in 1998.

Bar and line chart: Ylianna in the U.S., 1998–2025. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 9 in 2002 and 6 in 2025. Line: rank among girl names, peak #10,246 in 2002, #13,208 in 2025.
  • Girls named Ylianna (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1998–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1998⁠–⁠2025 14 rows
Ylianna: babies and rank among girl names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025613,208back (not recorded in 2016–2024)
2015516,419back (not recorded in 2014)
2013614,582▼ 1,099
2012713,483▼ 1,330
2011812,153▼ 907
2010911,246▲ 3,996
2009615,242▼ 1,410
2008713,832▲ 1,659
2007615,491▼ 1,885
2006713,606back (not recorded in 2003–2005)
2002910,246▲ 5,106
2001515,352▼ 4,607
2000810,745back (not recorded in 1999)
1998612,426new