Ileana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- il-ee-AH-na
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #3,167 for girls
Ileana is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,167th for girls in the US (50 babies).
What does Ileana mean?
Greek: Romanian name, usually linked to Helen
Ileana Cosânzeana is the beautiful fairy-tale heroine of Romanian folklore.
Is Ileana a girl's or a boy's name?
Ileana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ileana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ileana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ileana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
How popular is Ileana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,167th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50 about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were named Ileana, making it the 3,167th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,170th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 141 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ileana than any year since 1984.
Half of all the girls named Ileana in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 568 girls in the US were given Ileana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #534, up from #3,167 for this spelling alone.
Ileana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,167 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,389 |
| 2023 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2022 | 97 | #2,006 |
| 2021 | 83 | #2,233 |
| 2020 | 83 | #2,170 |
| 2019 | 82 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 102 | #1,937 |
| 2017 | 88 | #2,160 |
| 2016 | 96 | #2,054 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,736 |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,154 |
| 2013 | 93 | #2,064 |
| 2012 | 81 | #2,315 |
| 2011 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2010 | 94 | #2,093 |
| 2009 | 73 | #2,547 |
| 2008 | 94 | #2,137 |
| 2007 | 106 | #1,940 |
| 2006 | 107 | #1,894 |
| 2005 | 95 | #1,992 |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,283 |
| 2003 | 87 | #2,046 |
| 2002 | 94 | #1,885 |
| 2001 | 93 | #1,868 |
| 2000 | 106 | #1,656 |
| 1999 | 121 | #1,440 |
| 1998 | 118 | #1,441 |
| 1997 | 121 | #1,393 |
| 1996 | 102 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | 106 | #1,489 |
| 1994 | 123 | #1,354 |
| 1993 | 130 | #1,297 |
| 1992 | 131 | #1,291 |
| 1991 | 141 | #1,215 |
| 1990 | 139 | #1,210 |
| 1989 | 137 | #1,184 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 75 | #1,629 |
| 1986 | 73 | #1,619 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,927 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,298 |
| 1983 | 60 | #1,770 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,735 |
| 1981 | 51 | #2,028 |
| 1980 | 48 | #2,128 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,147 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 68 | #1,576 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,840 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,689 |
| 1974 | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,607 |
| 1972 | 37 | #2,093 |
| 1971 | 35 | #2,247 |
| 1970 | 59 | #1,599 |
| 1969 | 57 | #1,572 |
| 1968 | 65 | #1,387 |
| 1967 | 62 | #1,399 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,715 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,950 |
| 1964 | 63 | #1,419 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,564 |
| 1962 | 63 | #1,395 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,464 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,596 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,917 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,057 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,279 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,694 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,455 |
| 1926 | 44 | #1,148 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Names like Ileana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena, Lara, Isabella, Fatima, Elena, Eliana, Gabriella, Lyra, Ariana, Thea, Sienna, Alexandra
Other spellings of Ileana
Names related to Ileana
Ilyana, Elianna, Elana, Ilana, Eliyanah, Eliyana, Ellianna, Ailana
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ileana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ileana, updated 20 October 2026.