Girls' name · since 1909
Ilona
Ilona has 3,332 recorded births since 1909 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1946 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,365 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,838 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,332
- born since 1909
- 1940s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ilona is the #3838 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,332 recorded since 1909.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ilona has been recorded 3,332 times among girls since 1909, currently ranked #3838 nationally and more common than 78% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 2025.
- #3,365 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,838 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,332 born since 1909
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ilona ranks #3,365 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,838 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,332 born since 1909, peaking in the 1940s.
- #3,365 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,838 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,332
- born since 1909
- 1940s
- peak decade
Ilona's 3,332 recorded births place it above 95.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Ilona compares
3,332 Top 17% higher than 83% 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
Ilona's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ilona | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,332 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 102 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ilona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ilona's full recorded timeline at 1968, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1909, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1946 peak of 102 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ilona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–2025
- Peak year (1946)
- 102
- Annual births at peak, across 117 years of records
Ilona by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (738 births, 22% of the file).
1940s was Ilona's strongest decade.
738 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Ilona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 77
1910s
77 births
- 1920s 106
1920s
106 births
- 1930s 113
1930s
113 births
- 1940s
1940s
738 births
- 1950s
1950s
571 births
- 1960s
1960s
374 births
- 1970s 259
1970s
259 births
- 1980s 174
1980s
174 births
- 1990s 209
1990s
209 births
- 2000s 282
2000s
282 births
- 2010s 276
2010s
276 births
- 2020s 148
2020s
148 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 738 births (22% of all-time use).
How Ilona 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 Ilona's total volume
Ilona by state
Where Ilona concentrates geographically, total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 359 | 10.8% |
| #2 | California | | 246 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 130 | 3.9% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 108 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 97 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 75 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 34 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 17 | 0.5% |
359 of 3,332 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Ilona appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Ilona's data
- Ilona's decade-level peak was the 1940s (738 total births); usage has since declined to 148 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Ilonas (359 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Ilona
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ilona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1946)
Similar record span (~116 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, 1909–2025 (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 Ilona 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.