How Many People Are Named Ilona?
people named Ilona are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 133,145 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,332 babies named Ilona in Social Security records from 1909 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
102 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Meaning uncertain, possibly a Hungarian form of HELEN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ilona in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ilona alive today is about 48 years old, and 44% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 23 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ilona first appears in the records in 1909 and was given most often in 1946, to 102 babies. In 2025, 38 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ilona has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #820, in 1946. In 2025 it ranked #3,860.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,860 |
| Best rank | #820 (1946) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #944 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ilona alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ilona were born in New York than in any other state: about 268 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ilona was given 3.8 times as often in New York, 3.5 times in New Jersey and 2.6 times in California.
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