Ilona
Ilona is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 27 births. Its best rank was 821st, in 1946.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 270.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1946102 births
- Best rank
- #821in 1946
- Since 1909
- 3,293people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,293 girls have been named Ilona in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1946, with 102 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1961, and the 1940s alone account for 22%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ilona | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 77 | |
| 1920s | 106 | |
| 1930s | 113 | |
| 1940s | 738 | |
| 1950s | 571 | |
| 1960s | 374 | |
| 1970s | 259 | |
| 1980s | 174 | |
| 1990s | 209 | |
| 2000s | 282 | |
| 2010s | 276 | |
| 2020s | 109 |
In 1946, its biggest year
Ilona was the 821st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1946 were Mary, Linda, Patricia, Barbara and Carol. See all of 1946.
Names that rose and fell with Ilona
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carolynnpeak 1942
- Carolinpeak 1942
- Ruthannepeak 1946
- Charolettepeak 1943
- Karolynpeak 1946
- Maryannepeak 1957
- Margopeak 1954
- Janeypeak 1947
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.