Ilena
- #6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births
- Peak · girls
- 1931 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 702since 1915
Ilena over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ilena has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,838 | 16 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
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| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1915
The first year at least five girls were named Ilena! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ilena is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Ilena in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ilena
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,108 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #6,838)
- 1,568 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #6,838)
- 4,997 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #6,838)
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1931 at #2,307 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 81,902
- Highest: 1 in 81,902 girls born in 1931 were named Ilena (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 17.9% of all girls named Ilena (126) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #3,713 (1917) | #3,994 |
| 1920s | 48 | #2,474 (1926) | #3,859 |
| 1930s | 50 | #2,307 (1931) | #3,312 |
| 1940s | 24 | #3,559 (1941) | #4,347 |
| 1950s | 12 | #5,208 (1955) | #5,308 |
| 1960s | 44 | #4,355 (1964) | #5,569 |
| 1970s | 41 | #5,061 (1970) | #7,687 |
| 1980s | 69 | #6,323 (1981) | #8,305 |
| 1990s | 78 | #6,672 (1994) | #9,810 |
| 2000s | 126 | #6,130 (2008) | #9,193 |
| 2010s | 119 | #7,342 (2019) | #9,174 |
| 2020s | 79 | #6,409 (2023) | #8,154 |
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.
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