Fun Facts About the Name Iliam
- 20 babies named Iliam: U.S. records list 20 babies given the name Iliam from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Iliam Mean?
Iliam is usually treated as a variant spelling of Eliam, a Hebrew name built from ʾel ("God") and ʿam ("people" or "kinsman"). The name is commonly rendered "God of the people" or "God is my kinsman"; the exact force of the Hebrew phrase is not certain.
Iliam Name History & Origins
Eliam appears in the Hebrew Bible: in 2 Samuel 11:3 he is Bathsheba's father, and in 2 Samuel 23:34 an Eliam is listed among David's mighty men. The name entered later Bible translations in the form Eliam. Iliam is a variant spelling of that biblical name rather than a separate Hebrew form; it is not the spelling normally used in English Bibles, and its own use as a distinct spelling is not well documented.
How Popular is the Name Iliam?
Iliam has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #6,249 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,249 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #11,416 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Iliam Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You like to use the pen or the needle (writing, fashion design etc). You are loving, compassionate, intuitive and humanitarian. Runs of luck, either good or bad, follow you. You are sympathetic, but at times might be touchy and oversensitive. You may have a gift for writing. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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