Ilene

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births

Peak · girls
1938 · 343 births
Debut · girls
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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
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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.

Where Ilene is popular in 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedNHWashington: #218 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,525 girlsWAIdaho: #91 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 338 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #277 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,716 girlsMNIllinois: #348 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,121 girlsILWisconsin: #246 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,462 girlsWIMichigan: #139 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 893 girlsMINew York: #394 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,518 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedRIOregon: #176 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,005 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedSDIowa: #286 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,015 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #381 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,926 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedCAUtah: #170 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 735 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedCONebraska: #175 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,024 girlsNEMissouri: #388 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,504 girlsMOKentucky: #416 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,549 girlsKYWest Virginia: #276 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,034 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedNMKansas: #284 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,196 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #502 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,291 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedALGeorgia: #474 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,059 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ilene, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#91 · 1 in 338
  2. Michigan#139 · 1 in 893
  3. Utah#170 · 1 in 735
  4. Nebraska#175 · 1 in 1,024
  5. Oregon#176 · 1 in 1,005

Best ever in a state: #90 in North Dakota, 1938.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#91101 in 338
Michigan#139411 in 893
Utah#17061 in 735
Nebraska#175101 in 1,024
Oregon#17651 in 1,005
Washington#21861 in 1,525
Wisconsin#24691 in 2,462
West Virginia#27691 in 2,034
Minnesota#27771 in 2,716
Kansas#28461 in 2,196
Iowa#28661 in 3,015
Illinois#348121 in 4,121
Pennsylvania#381121 in 5,926
Missouri#38861 in 4,504
New York#394151 in 5,518
Kentucky#41661 in 4,549
Georgia#47451 in 6,059
North Carolina#50251 in 7,291
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1934

girls
#435
224 births · 1 in 4,662 girls

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #435Ilene224
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 4,662 of them was named Ilene, which outranked 91.3% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ilene
  1. #432Bennie228
  2. #433Georgie226
  3. #434Freddie225
  4. #435Ilene224
  5. #435Queen224
  6. #437Corine221
  7. #437Rae221
  8. #439Elouise219

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

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
  2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
  3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
  4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
  5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
Fallers
  1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
  2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
  3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
  4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

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

See the top 100 for 1934 →