Ilse
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- IL-zuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,902 for girls
Ilse is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my oath”. In 2025 it ranked 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).
What does Ilse mean?
Hebrew: German and Dutch short form of Elisabeth
“God is my oath”
A German and Dutch pet form of Elisabeth that is now used as a name in its own right.
Is Ilse a girl's or a boy's name?
Ilse is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ilse in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 6 girls.
Ilse in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Ilse in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,902among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 43,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Ilse, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 1993, with 103 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Ilse in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ilse in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,902 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,956 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,815 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,188 |
| 2008 | 55 | #3,083 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,175 |
| 2005 | 70 | #2,478 |
| 2004 | 39 | #3,685 |
| 2003 | 63 | #2,553 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,779 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,989 |
| 1997 | 76 | #1,911 |
| 1996 | 67 | #2,056 |
| 1995 | 72 | #1,915 |
| 1994 | 103 | #1,507 |
| 1993 | 103 | #1,516 |
| 1992 | 48 | #2,571 |
| 1991 | 77 | #1,826 |
| 1990 | 50 | #2,432 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,980 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,153 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,660 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,338 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,673 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
Names like Ilse
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabelle Phoebe Isabella Mia Ivy Jasmine Ava Elise Lily Willow Isla Hallie
Names related to Ilse
More Hebrew names
Noah Elijah James Jack Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi
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, “Ilse: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ilse, updated 20 October 2026.