How Many People Are Named Ilse?
people named Ilse are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 158,748 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,401 babies named Ilse in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
103 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German and Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ilse in the records were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Ilse alive today is about 26 years old, and 62% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 33 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Ilse first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1993, to 103 babies. In 2025, 37 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Ilse has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,512, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #3,936.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,936 |
| Best rank | #1,512 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,007 in the 1990s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Ilse alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ilse were born in Texas than in any other state: about 522 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ilse was given 4.5 times as often in Texas, 3 times in California and 2.9 times in Arizona.
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