Girls' name · since 1920
Ileane
Ileane has 230 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,408 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 230
- born since 1920
- 1930s
- peak decade
230 girls have been named Ileane since 1920, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ileane has 230 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1964.
- #18,408 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 230 born since 1920
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ileane ranks #18,408 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 230 born since 1920, peaking in the 1930s.
- #18,408 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 230
- born since 1920
- 1930s
- peak decade
Ileane's 230 recorded births place it above 74.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Ileane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ileane splits its recorded history at 1935: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1927 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ileane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1964
- Peak year (1927)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Ileane by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (112 births, 49% of the file).
1930s was Ileane's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Ileane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
72 births
- 1930s
1930s
112 births
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 112 births (49% of all-time use).
Ileane by state
Where Ileane concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
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- Ileane's decade-level peak was the 1930s (112 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Ileanes (26 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ileane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1920–1964 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ileane draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.