Ilse
- #3,903 for girls in 2025, 37 births
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 103 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,401since 1914
Ilse over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Ilse has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,903 | 37 |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 |
| 2023 | #4,746 | 28 |
| 2022 | #2,956 | 56 |
| 2021 | #4,090 | 35 |
| 2020 | #4,263 | 32 |
| 2019 | #4,343 | 32 |
| 2018 | #4,458 | 31 |
| 2017 | #4,695 | 29 |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 33 |
| 2014 | #3,778 | 40 |
| 2013 | #4,543 | 31 |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 |
| 2011 | #3,603 | 43 |
| 2010 | #3,816 | 40 |
| 2009 | #3,189 | 52 |
| 2008 | #3,084 | 55 |
| 2007 | #3,653 | 44 |
| 2006 | #3,176 | 52 |
| 2005 | #2,482 | 70 |
| 2004 | #3,689 | 39 |
| 2003 | #2,556 | 63 |
| 2002 | #2,780 | 54 |
| 2001 | #2,963 | 48 |
| 2000 | #2,854 | 50 |
| 1999 | #2,782 | 49 |
| 1998 | #1,992 | 75 |
| 1997 | #1,914 | 76 |
| 1996 | #2,058 | 67 |
| 1995 | #1,920 | 72 |
| 1994 | #1,511 | 103 |
| 1993 | #1,518 | 103 |
| 1992 | #2,576 | 48 |
| 1991 | #1,832 | 77 |
| 1990 | #2,437 | 50 |
| 1989 | #2,986 | 36 |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | — | |
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| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
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| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
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| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five girls were named Ilse! It came in at #2,265, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1921, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ilse is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Arizona#1,040 · 1 in 5,644
- Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935
- California#2,767 · 1 in 26,954
Best ever in a state: #358 in New Jersey, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
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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
- 360 spots since 2020 (#4,263 → #3,903)
Rise & fade · girls
80 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1994 at #1,511 (103 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 5 yrs 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 17,337
- Highest: 1 in 17,337 girls born in 1994 were named Ilse (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 43,440 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 30.0% of all girls named Ilse (720) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 45 | #2,265 (1914) | #3,036 |
| 1920s | 66 | #2,098 (1929) | #3,004 |
| 1930s | 98 | #1,661 (1930) | #3,088 |
| 1940s | 27 | #3,176 (1949) | #4,117 |
| 1950s | 66 | #3,269 (1953) | #4,816 |
| 1960s | 84 | #3,402 (1965) | #4,640 |
| 1970s | 56 | #4,761 (1970) | #6,516 |
| 1980s | 160 | #2,597 (1988) | #6,268 |
| 1990s | 720 | #1,511 (1994) | #2,054 |
| 2000s | 527 | #2,482 (2005) | #3,043 |
| 2010s | 337 | #3,603 (2011) | #4,320 |
| 2020s | 215 | #2,956 (2022) | #4,142 |
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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