Ilinca
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-LEEN-ka
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,107 for girls
Ilinca is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,107th for girls in the UK (32 babies).
Where does Ilinca come from?
Romanian name, perhaps a pet form of Elena
Is Ilinca a girl's or a boy's name?
Ilinca is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ilinca in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,107th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 8,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were named Ilinca, making it the 1,107th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 987th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 42 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ilinca in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales.
Ilinca in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,107 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,208 |
| 2023 | 42 | #913 |
| 2022 | 42 | #902 |
| 2021 | 36 | #1,028 |
| 2020 | 37 | #987 |
| 2019 | 40 | #960 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,541 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
Names like Ilinca
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aurora, Athena, Arabella, Ada, Eliza, Elena, Isla, Aria, Fatima, Mila, Matilda, Alba
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ilinca: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ilinca, updated 20 October 2026.