Ilene
Ilene is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. Its best rank was 347th, in 1938.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1950453 births
- Best rank
- #347in 1938
- Since 1891
- 17,822people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,822 girls have been named Ilene in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1950, with 453 births.
The name has all but left use: 22 births in 2024, against 453 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1950s alone account for 19%. It has spent 67 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ilene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 41 | |
| 1900s | 161 | |
| 1910s | 1,065 | |
| 1920s | 2,606 | |
| 1930s | 2,585 | |
| 1940s | 3,202 | |
| 1950s | 3,432 | |
| 1960s | 1,867 | |
| 1970s | 718 | |
| 1980s | 623 | |
| 1990s | 508 | |
| 2000s | 607 | |
| 2010s | 315 | |
| 2020s | 92 |
In 1950, its biggest year
Ilene was the 380th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1950 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Susan. See all of 1950.
Names that rose and fell with Ilene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Eileenpeak 1947
- Dorethapeak 1956
- Rosemarypeak 1947
- Redapeak 1955
- Eilenepeak 1946
- Ritapeak 1949
- Madonnapeak 1954
- Phylisspeak 1951
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.