Ilene

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births

Peak · girls
#347
1938 · 343 births
Debut · girls
1891
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
17,840
since 1891

Ilene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ilene has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #347, 1938girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,11619
2024#5,61522
2023#5,24824
2022#6,70717
2021#7,63014
2020#7,21215
2019#7,02516
2018#5,78521
2017#6,04420
2016#5,13026
2015#4,23234
2014#3,77840
2013#4,33633
2012#3,52345
2011#3,84339
2010#3,74541
2009#4,01338
2008#2,80264
2007#2,56872
2006#2,48574
2005#3,00953
2004#2,55665
2003#2,43967
2002#2,93550
2001#2,57159
2000#2,37465
1999#2,07374
1998#2,06671
1997#2,65947
1996#3,09338
1995#2,45652
1994#3,23435
1993#3,42232
1992#3,21835
1991#2,07365
1990#2,17459
1989#1,96565
1988#2,01159
1987#1,88061
1986#1,78564
1985#1,65071
1984#1,72663
1983#1,71563
1982#1,92255
1981#1,71466
1980#1,93655
1979#1,81459
1978#1,61466
1977#1,90152
1976#1,46471
1975#1,64059
1974#1,66755
1973#1,39970
1972#1,26381
1971#1,21193
1970#1,078112
1969#1,007115
1968#898132
1967#807153
1966#830144
1965#734184
1964#722206
1963#769180
1962#641248
1961#685230
1960#597275
1959#611267
1958#577293
1957#548306
1956#541301
1955#515324
1954#480346
1953#466334
1952#439383
1951#397425
1950#380453
1949#409385
1948#394404
1947#393413
1946#386386
1945#400313
1944#428280
1943#452272
1942#426287
1941#448235
1940#451227
1939#397283
1938#347343
1937#412248
1936#392263
1935#436219
1934#435224
1933#409242
1932#445222
1931#386284
1930#410257
1929#422251
1928#411272
1927#379327
1926#386313
1925#418271
1924#421275
1923#435242
1922#427241
1921#462222
1920#499192
1919#462206
1918#496186
1917#544152
1916#569138
1915#570128
1914#63583
1913#65163
1912#77042
1911#74134
1910#73733
1909#83124
1908#79124
1907#79022
1906#87218
1905#90017
1904#96514
1903#1,07611
1902#97213
1901#1,00711
1900#1,5617
1899#93512
1898#1,5026
1897#1,2637
1896#1,5835
1895#1,4266
1894—
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1891#1,3325
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First appearance
1891

The first year at least five girls were named Ilene! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1891–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ilene
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 501 spots since 2024 (#5,615 → #6,116)
  • 1,096 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #6,116)
  • 1,884 spots since 2015 (#4,232 → #6,116)
  • Biggest jump: 567 spots in 1899 (#1,502 → #935)
  • Biggest drop: 626 spots in 1900 (#935 → #1,561)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1938 at #347 (343 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 28 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1904–1968
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,217
  • Highest: 1 in 3,217 girls born in 1938 were named Ilene (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 19.2% of all girls named Ilene (3,432) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s41#935 (1899)#1,340
1900s161#790 (1907)#977
1910s1,065#462 (1919)#618
1920s2,606#379 (1927)#426
1930s2,585#347 (1938)#407
1940s3,202#386 (1946)#419
1950s3,432#380 (1950)#495
1960s1,867#597 (1960)#769
1970s718#1,078 (1970)#1,505
1980s622#1,650 (1985)#1,830
1990s508#2,066 (1998)#2,647
2000s607#2,374 (2000)#2,775
2010s315#3,523 (2012)#4,744
2020s111#5,248 (2023)#6,421

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ilene in 1926

girls
#386
313 births · 1 in 3,787 girls

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #386Ilene313
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 3,787 of them was named Ilene, which outranked 93.1% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ilene
  1. #383Allene317
  2. #384Reva316
  3. #385Ophelia314
  4. #386Ilene313
  5. #386Leila313
  6. #388Amanda311
  7. #388Eliza311
  8. #388Hope311

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1926 →