Ileana Girl
How popular is Ileana?
#3,167 girl name in 2025
50 baby girls were named Ileana in the US in 2025, making it the 3167th most popular girl name.
Ileana popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,167 for girls (▼ 778 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 50 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-22% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,736 in 2015, #2,170 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (141 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,148 in 1926 |
| First recorded | 1918 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ileana counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ileana family of names ranked #1,865 for girls in 2025 (#1,562 the year before), with 75 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ileana | 50 | 67% |
| Ilena | 16 | 21% |
| Ileanna | 9 | 12% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ileana is most popular
Babies named Ileana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (80 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Ileana by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1920s | 110 | #1,148 |
| 1930s | 38 | #2,022 |
| 1940s | 27 | #3,349 |
| 1950s | 182 | #1,917 |
| 1960s | 547 | #1,387 |
| 1970s | 505 | #1,576 |
| 1980s | 687 | #1,184 |
| 1990s | 1,232 | #1,210 |
| 2000s | 931 | #1,656 |
| 2010s | 876 | #1,937 |
| 2020s | 477 | #2,006 |
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Questions
- Is Ileana a boy or girl name?
- Ileana is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ileana were girls.
- How popular is the name Ileana?
- 50 baby girls were named Ileana in the US in 2025, making it the 3167th most popular girl name.
- When was Ileana most popular?
- Ileana peaked in 1991, when 141 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,148 in 1926.
- How many people are named Ileana?
- 5,617 babies have been named Ileana in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,302 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Ileana most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ileana was most common in Texas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.