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Ilse

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Ilse is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 27 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
270.00% of girls
Peak year
1993103 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1914
2,364people given the name
Babies named Ilse, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,364 girls have been named Ilse in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 103 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 30%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Ilse
1910s45
1920s66
1930s98
1940s27
1950s66
1960s84
1970s56
1980s160
1990s720
2000s527
2010s337
2020s178

In 1993, its biggest year

Ilse was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1993 were Jessica, Ashley, Sarah, Samantha and Emily. See all of 1993.

Names that rose and fell with Ilse

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.