Girls' name · since 1949
Jilene
Jilene has 69 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1952 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 69
- total births
- 1949–1983
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 36%
- born in that decade
69 girls have been named Jilene since 1949, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Jilene recorded 69 times among girls since 1949, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1983.
- 69 total births
- 1949–1983 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 36% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jilene's 69 recorded births place it above 57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jilene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jilene splits its recorded history at 1964: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1949 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1952 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jilene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1983
- Peak year (1952)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Jilene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Jilene's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Jilene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
14 births
- 1960s
1960s
25 births
- 1970s
1970s
20 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 25 births (36% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jilene's data
- Jilene's decade-level peak was the 1960s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1949–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jilene: Baby Name Since 1949 - 69 Births, Peak 1952." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jilene. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jilene 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 July 2026.