How rare is the name Ilene?

11,080 people in the United States have the first name Ilene, about 1 in 27,259. It ranks #2,315 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ILENE

#2,315

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,080
About
1 in 27,259
This common or more
79.4%
Who bears it

Of the 11,080 people named Ilene, 75.6% reported their origin as White, 14% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ilene peaked in 1950, when 453 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18912025
Peak year
1950
Births that year
453
In 2025*
19 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 17,840 babies have been given the name since 1891. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ilene by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #746. The largest share of babies named Ilene, 34.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1890s#2,33641
1900s#1,472161
1910s#1,0421,065
1920s#7752,606
1930s#7462,585
1940s#7643,202
1950s#8783,432
1960s#1,2871,867
1970s#2,351718
1980s#2,949622
1990s#4,207508
2000s#4,701607
2010s#7,728315
2020s#10,830111
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2718.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4526.5%
Baby boom 1946–6434.5%
Generation X 1965–808.4%
Millennials 1981–964.9%
Generation Z 1997–125.2%
2013 and later1.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ilene is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ilene has been most common in Michigan (3×), North Dakota (2.9×), and New York (2.7×), and least common in North Carolina (0.08×).

13,403 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ilene

#2,313 Krystle · 11,089#2,314 Bryon · 11,087#2,316 Kacie · 11,075#2,317 Priya · 11,068

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ilene, most common first.

#17,761 Ilena · 615#32,104 Ileene · 264#32,402 Illene · 260#34,642 Ileane · 235#45,829 Ilen · 147#50,999 Iline · 116

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