Ilena — #8983 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ilena

The Social Security Administration has registered 686 babies named Ilena between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ilena currently holds the #8983 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ilena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Ilena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ilena in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ilena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 686 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.