Girls' name · since 1916
Ileta
Ileta has 261 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1932 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,173 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 261
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ileta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 261 recorded since 1916.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ileta has been recorded 261 times among girls since 1916, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1955.
- #17,173 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 261 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ileta ranks #17,173 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 261 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #17,173 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 261
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ileta's 261 recorded births place it above 76.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ileta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ileta's full recorded timeline at 1932, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1932 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ileta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1955
- Peak year (1932)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Ileta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (98 births, 38% of the file).
1920s was Ileta's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Ileta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 31
1910s
31 births
- 1920s
1920s
98 births
- 1930s
1930s
85 births
- 1940s 36
1940s
36 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 98 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Ileta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (98 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ileta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1932)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1916–1955 (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 Ileta 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.