Ilene
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-LEEN
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Ilene is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Ilene mean?
Irish: spelling variant of Eileen
American respelling of Eileen, the anglicised form of the Irish Eibhlín.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ilene a girl's or a boy's name?
Ilene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ilene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Ilene, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1950, with 453 girls. It first appears in the records in 1891.
Half of all the girls named Ilene in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 538 girls in the US were given Ilene or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #555, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
Ilene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 64 | #2,802 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,568 |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,485 |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,005 |
| 2004 | 65 | #2,553 |
| 2003 | 67 | #2,436 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 59 | #2,567 |
| 2000 | 65 | #2,370 |
| 1999 | 74 | #2,070 |
| 1998 | 71 | #2,063 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,656 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 52 | #2,451 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 35 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 65 | #2,067 |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,169 |
| 1989 | 65 | #1,960 |
| 1988 | 59 | #2,007 |
| 1987 | 61 | #1,879 |
| 1986 | 64 | #1,784 |
| 1985 | 71 | #1,649 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,726 |
| 1983 | 63 | #1,715 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,922 |
| 1981 | 66 | #1,714 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,936 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,814 |
| 1978 | 66 | #1,614 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,901 |
| 1976 | 71 | #1,464 |
| 1975 | 59 | #1,640 |
| 1974 | 55 | #1,667 |
| 1973 | 70 | #1,399 |
| 1972 | 81 | #1,263 |
| 1971 | 93 | #1,211 |
| 1970 | 112 | #1,078 |
| 1969 | 115 | #1,007 |
| 1968 | 132 | #898 |
| 1967 | 153 | #807 |
| 1966 | 144 | #830 |
| 1965 | 184 | #734 |
| 1964 | 206 | #722 |
| 1963 | 180 | #769 |
| 1962 | 248 | #641 |
| 1961 | 230 | #685 |
| 1960 | 275 | #597 |
| 1959 | 267 | #611 |
| 1958 | 293 | #577 |
| 1957 | 306 | #547 |
| 1956 | 301 | #540 |
| 1955 | 324 | #514 |
| 1954 | 346 | #479 |
| 1953 | 334 | #465 |
| 1952 | 383 | #438 |
| 1951 | 425 | #396 |
| 1950 | 453 | #379 |
| 1949 | 385 | #408 |
| 1948 | 404 | #394 |
| 1947 | 413 | #393 |
| 1946 | 386 | #386 |
| 1945 | 313 | #400 |
| 1944 | 280 | #428 |
| 1943 | 272 | #452 |
| 1942 | 287 | #426 |
| 1941 | 235 | #448 |
| 1940 | 227 | #451 |
| 1939 | 283 | #397 |
| 1938 | 343 | #347 |
| 1937 | 248 | #412 |
| 1936 | 263 | #392 |
| 1935 | 219 | #436 |
| 1934 | 224 | #435 |
| 1933 | 242 | #409 |
| 1932 | 222 | #445 |
| 1931 | 284 | #386 |
| 1930 | 257 | #410 |
| 1929 | 251 | #422 |
| 1928 | 272 | #411 |
| 1927 | 327 | #379 |
| 1926 | 313 | #386 |
| 1925 | 271 | #418 |
| 1924 | 275 | #421 |
| 1923 | 242 | #435 |
| 1922 | 241 | #427 |
| 1921 | 222 | #462 |
| 1920 | 192 | #499 |
| 1919 | 206 | #462 |
| 1918 | 186 | #496 |
| 1917 | 152 | #544 |
| 1916 | 138 | #569 |
| 1915 | 128 | #570 |
| 1914 | 83 | #635 |
| 1913 | 63 | #651 |
| 1912 | 42 | #770 |
| 1911 | 34 | #741 |
| 1910 | 33 | #737 |
| 1909 | 24 | #831 |
| 1908 | 24 | #791 |
| 1907 | 22 | #790 |
| 1906 | 18 | #872 |
| 1905 | 17 | #900 |
| 1904 | 14 | #965 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,076 |
| 1902 | 13 | #972 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,007 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 12 | #935 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
Names like Ilene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elaine Maxine Irene Lorraine Bonnie Billie June Jane Anne Lucille Arlene Nadine
Other spellings of Ilene
Names related to Ilene
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ilene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ilene, updated 20 October 2026.