Girls' name · since 1915
Ilena
Ilena has 702 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,502 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,871 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 702
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
702 babies have been named Ilena since 1915, making it today's #6871 girls' name.
Ilena has 702 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6871 as of the latest data, more common than 60% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #9,502 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,871 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 702 born since 1915
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ilena ranks #9,502 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,871 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 702 born since 1915, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,502 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,871 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 702
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ilena's 702 recorded births place it above 86.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Ilena compares
702 Top 38% higher than 62% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ilena's all-time total is 87% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ilena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 702 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ilena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ilena's full recorded timeline at 1987, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ilena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Ilena by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (126 births, 18% of the file).
2000s was Ilena's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Ilena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s 48
1920s
48 births
- 1930s 50
1930s
50 births
- 1940s 24
1940s
24 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 44
1960s
44 births
- 1970s 41
1970s
41 births
- 1980s
1980s
69 births
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
126 births
- 2010s
2010s
119 births
- 2020s
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 126 births (18% of all-time use).
How Ilena compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Ilena's total volume
Ilena by state
Where Ilena concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
5 of 702 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Ilena's data
- Ilena's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (126 total births) through the 2020s (79) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Ilenas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Ilena
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ilena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Ilena 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.