Recorded 1891–2025 · United States
Ilene was most popular in 1950, when 453 American babies were given the name — ranking #697 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,631, with 19 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 17,840 people named Ilene.
Ilene first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1891, which makes it about 134 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 132 of the 135 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 17,840 American births named Ilene between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 9,906 are estimated to be alive today.
19 American babies were named Ilene in 2025, ranking #10,631 that year.
Ilene is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 19 births a year, against 38 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -50% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Ilene is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 17,840 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 9,906 Americans named Ilene are alive today — 56% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 69 years old, and half are between 53 and 77.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org