Girls' name · since 1915
Illene
Illene has 368 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1941 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,215 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 368
- born since 1915
- 1930s
- peak decade
Illene is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 368 have been recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Illene recorded 368 times among girls since 1915, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1965.
- #14,215 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 368 born since 1915
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Illene ranks #14,215 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 368 born since 1915, peaking in the 1930s.
- #14,215 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 368
- born since 1915
- 1930s
- peak decade
Illene's 368 recorded births place it above 80.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Illene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Illene's full recorded timeline at 1939, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1941 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Illene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1965
- Peak year (1941)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Illene by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (103 births, 28% of the file).
1930s was Illene's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Illene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 29
1910s
29 births
- 1920s
1920s
76 births
- 1930s
1930s
103 births
- 1940s
1940s
81 births
- 1950s
1950s
62 births
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 103 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Illene's decade-level peak was the 1930s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1960s -- 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 Illene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1941)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1915–1965 (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 Illene 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.