Ilene
#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 343 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 17,840since 1891
Ilene over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ilene has never cracked the top 300 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 | #6,116 | 19 |
| 2024 | #5,615 | 22 |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 |
| 2015 | #4,232 | 34 |
| 2014 | #3,778 | 40 |
| 2013 | #4,336 | 33 |
| 2012 | #3,523 | 45 |
| 2011 | #3,843 | 39 |
| 2010 | #3,745 | 41 |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 |
| 2008 | #2,802 | 64 |
| 2007 | #2,568 | 72 |
| 2006 | #2,485 | 74 |
| 2005 | #3,009 | 53 |
| 2004 | #2,556 | 65 |
| 2003 | #2,439 | 67 |
| 2002 | #2,935 | 50 |
| 2001 | #2,571 | 59 |
| 2000 | #2,374 | 65 |
| 1999 | #2,073 | 74 |
| 1998 | #2,066 | 71 |
| 1997 | #2,659 | 47 |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 |
| 1995 | #2,456 | 52 |
| 1994 | #3,234 | 35 |
| 1993 | #3,422 | 32 |
| 1992 | #3,218 | 35 |
| 1991 | #2,073 | 65 |
| 1990 | #2,174 | 59 |
| 1989 | #1,965 | 65 |
| 1988 | #2,011 | 59 |
| 1987 | #1,880 | 61 |
| 1986 | #1,785 | 64 |
| 1985 | #1,650 | 71 |
| 1984 | #1,726 | 63 |
| 1983 | #1,715 | 63 |
| 1982 | #1,922 | 55 |
| 1981 | #1,714 | 66 |
| 1980 | #1,936 | 55 |
| 1979 | #1,814 | 59 |
| 1978 | #1,614 | 66 |
| 1977 | #1,901 | 52 |
| 1976 | #1,464 | 71 |
| 1975 | #1,640 | 59 |
| 1974 | #1,667 | 55 |
| 1973 | #1,399 | 70 |
| 1972 | #1,263 | 81 |
| 1971 | #1,211 | 93 |
| 1970 | #1,078 | 112 |
| 1969 | #1,007 | 115 |
| 1968 | #898 | 132 |
| 1967 | #807 | 153 |
| 1966 | #830 | 144 |
| 1965 | #734 | 184 |
| 1964 | #722 | 206 |
| 1963 | #769 | 180 |
| 1962 | #641 | 248 |
| 1961 | #685 | 230 |
| 1960 | #597 | 275 |
| 1959 | #611 | 267 |
| 1958 | #577 | 293 |
| 1957 | #548 | 306 |
| 1956 | #541 | 301 |
| 1955 | #515 | 324 |
| 1954 | #480 | 346 |
| 1953 | #466 | 334 |
| 1952 | #439 | 383 |
| 1951 | #397 | 425 |
| 1950 | #380 | 453 |
| 1949 | #409 | 385 |
| 1948 | #394 | 404 |
| 1947 | #393 | 413 |
| 1946 | #386 | 386 |
| 1945 | #400 | 313 |
| 1944 | #428 | 280 |
| 1943 | #452 | 272 |
| 1942 | #426 | 287 |
| 1941 | #448 | 235 |
| 1940 | #451 | 227 |
| 1939 | #397 | 283 |
| 1938 | #347 | 343 |
| 1937 | #412 | 248 |
| 1936 | #392 | 263 |
| 1935 | #436 | 219 |
| 1934 | #435 | 224 |
| 1933 | #409 | 242 |
| 1932 | #445 | 222 |
| 1931 | #386 | 284 |
| 1930 | #410 | 257 |
| 1929 | #422 | 251 |
| 1928 | #411 | 272 |
| 1927 | #379 | 327 |
| 1926 | #386 | 313 |
| 1925 | #418 | 271 |
| 1924 | #421 | 275 |
| 1923 | #435 | 242 |
| 1922 | #427 | 241 |
| 1921 | #462 | 222 |
| 1920 | #499 | 192 |
| 1919 | #462 | 206 |
| 1918 | #496 | 186 |
| 1917 | #544 | 152 |
| 1916 | #569 | 138 |
| 1915 | #570 | 128 |
| 1914 | #635 | 83 |
| 1913 | #651 | 63 |
| 1912 | #770 | 42 |
| 1911 | #741 | 34 |
| 1910 | #737 | 33 |
| 1909 | #831 | 24 |
| 1908 | #791 | 24 |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 |
| 1906 | #872 | 18 |
| 1905 | #900 | 17 |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Utah#173 · 1 in 823
- New York#208 · 1 in 1,478
- Kansas#233 · 1 in 1,797
- Maryland#257 · 1 in 2,041
- Michigan#258 · 1 in 2,525
Best ever in a state: #90 in North Dakota, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #173 | 10 | 1 in 823 |
| New York | #208 | 96 | 1 in 1,478 |
| Kansas | #233 | 10 | 1 in 1,797 |
| Maryland | #257 | 11 | 1 in 2,041 |
| Michigan | #258 | 28 | 1 in 2,525 |
| New Jersey | #271 | 15 | 1 in 2,830 |
| Wisconsin | #280 | 11 | 1 in 3,355 |
| Pennsylvania | #315 | 28 | 1 in 3,668 |
| Massachusetts | #318 | 9 | 1 in 4,968 |
| Oregon | #330 | 5 | 1 in 3,006 |
| California | #343 | 40 | 1 in 2,831 |
| Illinois | #359 | 20 | 1 in 4,291 |
| West Virginia | #363 | 6 | 1 in 3,976 |
| Ohio | #366 | 18 | 1 in 4,817 |
| Iowa | #412 | 5 | 1 in 5,457 |
| Minnesota | #424 | 5 | 1 in 6,500 |
| Virginia | #432 | 7 | 1 in 5,105 |
| Indiana | #476 | 6 | 1 in 7,000 |
| Texas | #958 | 6 | 1 in 15,788 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 41 | #935 (1899) | #1,340 |
| 1900s | 161 | #790 (1907) | #977 |
| 1910s | 1,065 | #462 (1919) | #618 |
| 1920s | 2,606 | #379 (1927) | #426 |
| 1930s | 2,585 | #347 (1938) | #407 |
| 1940s | 3,202 | #386 (1946) | #419 |
| 1950s | 3,432 | #380 (1950) | #495 |
| 1960s | 1,867 | #597 (1960) | #769 |
| 1970s | 718 | #1,078 (1970) | #1,505 |
| 1980s | 622 | #1,650 (1985) | #1,830 |
| 1990s | 508 | #2,066 (1998) | #2,647 |
| 2000s | 607 | #2,374 (2000) | #2,775 |
| 2010s | 315 | #3,523 (2012) | #4,744 |
| 2020s | 111 | #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 1949
girls
#409
385 births · 1 in 4,444 girls
Top girls' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 4,444 of them was named Ilene, which outranked 93.3% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Ilene
Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.