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Girl name

Ilena

100% girls · 16 born in 2025

Ilena has been given to about 702 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2008, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Origin—
Syllables3
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 600
Median age today24 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Ilena per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2008 · 22
  • Born in 202516
  • All time702

How popular is Ilena?

Its best year was 2008, when 22 babies were given the name, ranking 6220th. The typical living American called Ilena is about 24 years old today.

Names that sound like Ilena

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Milena0.88
  2. Ileana0.84
  3. Lena0.80
  4. Elena0.80
  5. Alena0.80
  6. Ilana0.80
  7. Glenna0.77
  8. Leena0.76

Middle names for Ilena

Ranked by flow score
  1. Ilena Rose0.89
  2. Ilena Louise0.89
  3. Ilena June0.88
  4. Ilena Pearl0.88
  5. Ilena Quinn0.88
  6. Ilena Nell0.88

Sibling names for Ilena

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Valentinbrother · 0.82
  2. Dariobrother · 0.81
  3. Eliseobrother · 0.80
  4. Belensister · 0.80
  5. Samirasister · 0.79
  6. Daliasister · 0.79

Where Ilena is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Ilena White0.84
    2. Ilena Reyes0.84
    3. Ilena Nguyen0.84
    4. Ilena Moore0.84
    5. Ilena Lee0.84
    6. Ilena Hill0.84

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Ilena

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.