Ilse — #4889 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ilse

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,364 babies named Ilse between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ilse currently holds the #4889 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 103 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ilse performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 720 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Ilse shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 522 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Ilse in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ilse 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 2,364 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.