Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ilene

#1,123 most common girls' name of all time · #1,994 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1891–2025

Rank among girls
#1,123
Rank overall
#1,994 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
132 of 146
All-time
17,840
Since 2016
194
Peak year
1950 #380
Best rank
#347 1938
Girls Boys peak 453/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ilene first appears in 1891. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 19 — 19 #6,129
2024 22 — 22 #5,621
2023 24 — 24 #5,260
2022 17 — 17 #6,720
2021 14 — 14 #7,645
2020 15 — 15 #7,238
2019 16 — 16 #7,044
2018 21 — 21 #5,805
2017 20 — 20 #6,057
2016 26 — 26 #5,142
2015 34 — 34 #4,233
2014 40 — 40 #3,783
2013 33 — 33 #4,343
2012 45 — 45 #3,530
2011 39 — 39 #3,855
2010 41 — 41 #3,753
2009 38 — 38 #4,022
2008 64 — 64 #2,804
2007 72 — 72 #2,572
2006 74 — 74 #2,488
2005 53 — 53 #3,014
2004 65 — 65 #2,561
2003 67 — 67 #2,441
2002 50 — 50 #2,939
2001 59 — 59 #2,573
2000 65 — 65 #2,376
1999 74 — 74 #2,075
1998 71 — 71 #2,066
1997 47 — 47 #2,662
1996 38 — 38 #3,097
1995 52 — 52 #2,461
1994 35 — 35 #3,240
1993 32 — 32 #3,437
1992 35 — 35 #3,222
1991 65 — 65 #2,077
1990 59 — 59 #2,181
1989 65 — 65 #1,966
1988 59 — 59 #2,013
1987 61 — 61 #1,883
1986 64 — 64 #1,786
1985 71 — 71 #1,656
1984 63 — 63 #1,732
1983 63 — 63 #1,717
1982 55 — 55 #1,927
1981 66 — 66 #1,718
1980 55 — 55 #1,938
1979 59 — 59 #1,817
1978 66 — 66 #1,618
1977 52 — 52 #1,910
1976 71 — 71 #1,467
1975 59 — 59 #1,643
1974 55 — 55 #1,676
1973 70 — 70 #1,405
1972 81 — 81 #1,266
1971 93 — 93 #1,215
1970 112 — 112 #1,078
1969 115 — 115 #1,011
1968 132 — 132 #900
1967 153 — 153 #807
1966 144 — 144 #832
1965 184 — 184 #735
1964 206 — 206 #722
1963 180 — 180 #770
1962 248 — 248 #641
1961 230 — 230 #686
1960 275 — 275 #597
1959 267 — 267 #611
1958 293 — 293 #578
1957 306 — 306 #549
1956 301 — 301 #541
1955 324 — 324 #515
1954 346 — 346 #481
1953 334 — 334 #467
1952 383 — 383 #439
1951 425 — 425 #397
1950 453 — 453 #380
1949 385 — 385 #409
1948 404 — 404 #394
1947 413 — 413 #393
1946 386 — 386 #387
1945 313 — 313 #402
1944 280 — 280 #429
1943 272 — 272 #453
1942 287 — 287 #426
1941 235 — 235 #448
1940 227 — 227 #451
1939 283 — 283 #397
1938 343 — 343 #347
1937 248 — 248 #412
1936 263 — 263 #393
1935 219 — 219 #438
1934 224 — 224 #436
1933 242 — 242 #412
1932 222 — 222 #446
1931 284 — 284 #387
1930 257 — 257 #411
1929 251 — 251 #422
1928 272 — 272 #411
1927 327 — 327 #380
1926 313 — 313 #387
1925 271 — 271 #418
1924 275 — 275 #424
1923 242 — 242 #435
1922 241 — 241 #429
1921 222 — 222 #462
1920 192 — 192 #500
1919 206 — 206 #463
1918 186 — 186 #498
1917 152 — 152 #545
1916 138 — 138 #571
1915 128 — 128 #573
1914 83 — 83 #637
1913 63 — 63 #657
1912 42 — 42 #780
1911 34 — 34 #752
1910 33 — 33 #751
1909 24 — 24 #843
1908 24 — 24 #807
1907 22 — 22 #815
1906 18 — 18 #891
1905 17 — 17 #923
1904 14 — 14 #992
1903 11 — 11 #1,125
1902 13 — 13 #1,020
1901 11 — 11 #1,064
1900 7 — 7 #1,676
1899 12 — 12 #980
1898 6 — 6 #1,631
1897 7 — 7 #1,363
1896 5 — 5 #1,726
1895 6 — 6 #1,539
1891 5 — 5 #1,503