Ilene Girl
How popular is Ilene?
#6,115 girl name in 2025
19 baby girls were named Ilene in the US in 2025, making it the 6115th most popular girl name.
Ilene popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,115 for girls (▼ 503 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 19 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,231 in 2015, #7,208 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1950 (453 girls) |
| Highest rank | #347 in 1938 |
| First recorded | 1891 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ilene counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ilene family of names ranked #2,496 for girls in 2025 (#2,813 the year before), with 45 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ilene | 19 | 42% |
| Ilynn | 18 | 40% |
| Ilyn | 8 | 18% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ilene is most popular
Babies named Ilene per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (17 girls)
Ilene by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 41 | #935 |
| 1900s | 161 | #790 |
| 1910s | 1,065 | #462 |
| 1920s | 2,606 | #379 |
| 1930s | 2,585 | #347 |
| 1940s | 3,202 | #386 |
| 1950s | 3,432 | #379 |
| 1960s | 1,867 | #597 |
| 1970s | 718 | #1,078 |
| 1980s | 622 | #1,649 |
| 1990s | 508 | #2,063 |
| 2000s | 607 | #2,370 |
| 2010s | 315 | #3,522 |
| 2020s | 111 | #5,245 |
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Questions
- Is Ilene a boy or girl name?
- Ilene is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ilene were girls.
- How popular is the name Ilene?
- 19 baby girls were named Ilene in the US in 2025, making it the 6115th most popular girl name.
- When was Ilene most popular?
- Ilene peaked in 1950, when 453 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #347 in 1938.
- How many people are named Ilene?
- 17,840 babies have been named Ilene in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,070 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 69.
- Where is Ilene most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ilene was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.