Ilona
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,831 for girls
Ilona is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,831st for girls in the US (38 babies).
What does Ilona mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ilona a girl's or a boy's name?
Ilona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 38 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ilona in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ilona, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 20 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Ilona in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Ilona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 19 | #1,137 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 20 | #1,061 |
How popular is Ilona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,831among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 42,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the US were named Ilona, making it the 3,831st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 1946, with 102 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
2025 had more girls named Ilona than any year since 1970.
Half of all the girls named Ilona in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ilona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 37 | #3,872 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,680 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 32 | #2,349 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,976 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,542 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,043 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,254 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,246 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,751 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,146 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,993 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,917 |
| 1963 | 50 | #1,597 |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,072 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,579 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,924 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,740 |
| 1958 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1957 | 53 | #1,457 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,452 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,555 |
| 1954 | 59 | #1,284 |
| 1953 | 63 | #1,212 |
| 1952 | 75 | #1,087 |
| 1951 | 68 | #1,132 |
| 1950 | 72 | #1,081 |
| 1949 | 73 | #1,049 |
| 1948 | 56 | #1,208 |
| 1947 | 101 | #874 |
| 1946 | 102 | #817 |
| 1945 | 56 | #1,032 |
| 1944 | 52 | #1,078 |
| 1943 | 83 | #856 |
| 1942 | 82 | #844 |
| 1941 | 58 | #961 |
| 1940 | 75 | #820 |
| 1939 | 29 | #1,378 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,025 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,387 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,099 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,657 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
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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, “Ilona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ilona, updated 20 October 2026.