Ilona

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ilona: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ilona: Recorded since 1952, it reached #277 in 1967, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
65times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#277highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1031
1997	#1958
1998	#1319
1999	#1805
2000	#1250
2001	#1439
2002	#1784
2003	#2727
2004	#2802
2005	#1500
2006	#2320
2007	#3667
2008	#2022
2009	#3422
2010	#3533
2011	#2893
2012	#2215
2013	#2062
2014	#2314
2015	#3252
2016	#3214
2017	#4763
2018	#3985
2019	#5591
2020	#4535
2021	#3961
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 35 of the 48 years from 1952 to 1999.

In 2012: #907 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2215 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #413 among girls in Norway in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1999
Highest recorded position: #277 among girls in Norway, in 1967 (recorded 1952–1999).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ilona appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1952, and has registered 312 births with the name.

Ilona across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ilona's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#413 (1952)	#277 (1967)	#514 (1999)	35 of 48	312 (1952–1999)	16 (1985)
England and Wales · Girls	#1031 (1996)	#1031 (1996)	#4843 (2024)	28 of 29	239 (1996–2024)	19 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#937 (2011)	#907 (2012)	#907 (2012)	2 of 2	6 (2011–2012)	3 (2011)

Ilona by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ilona in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	9	2 of 10	5
1960s	44	6 of 10	7
1970s	87	10 of 10	9
1980sbusiest	116	10 of 10	12
1990s	56	7 of 10	8

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ilona appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #277 in Norway in 1967.

Ilona's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1031	19	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#514	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#612	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#474	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#451	8	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#599	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#359	12	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#337	14	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#570	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#450	9	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#351	13	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#314	15	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#291	16	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#346	13	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#336	12	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#367	11	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#435	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#322	13	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#385	10	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#467	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#372	10	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#458	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#322	12	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#426	8	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#534	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#366	10	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#483	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#308	12	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#499	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#496	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#277	13	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#432	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#497	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#321	10	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#419	5	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#413	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #277, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 59 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Illiana · #3117, 10y
Ilma · #2689, 15y
Ilsa · #1862, 27y
Ilya · #493, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Judy · #277, 57y
Aleksandar · #273, 56y
Pedro · #283, 60y
Roberto · #269, 58y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Jørg · #278, 24y
Jorge · #278, 70y
Reza · #276, 60y
Samir · #275, 65y

Ilona was ranked #277 in Norway · Girls in 1967. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ilona and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ilona without appearing here.

Ilona moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3667 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2022 and #3860.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #5581.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Ilona

Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3961 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #1863.
Diane Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3214 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.
Luca Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3214 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Ilona

Camilla Compare
Between 1964 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Ilona went from #321 to #514 while Camilla went from #252 to #27.
Caroline Compare
Between 1964 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Ilona went from #321 to #514 while Caroline went from #334 to #40.
Jessica Compare
Between 1964 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Ilona went from #321 to #514 while Jessica went from #471 to #280.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 1999 in Norway · Girls, Ilona went from #321 to #514 while Julia went from #399 to #80.

Moved the same way as Ilona

Sissel Compare
Between 1952 and 1997 in Norway · Girls, Ilona went from #413 to #612 and Sissel from #22 to #360.
Turid Compare
Between 1952 and 1997 in Norway · Girls, Ilona went from #413 to #612 and Turid from #18 to #535.
Unni Compare
Between 1952 and 1997 in Norway · Girls, Ilona went from #413 to #612 and Unni from #20 to #591.
Vigdis Compare
Between 1952 and 1997 in Norway · Girls, Ilona went from #413 to #612 and Vigdis from #27 to #592.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #277 in Norway in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ilona

Ilona at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ilona across 3 official records

Ilona by decade in Norway · Girls

Ilona appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Ilona and the names beside it

Ilona moved ahead of

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Ilona at a glance

Ilona across 3 official records

Ilona by decade in Norway · Girls

Ilona appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Ilona

Ilona and the names beside it

Ilona moved ahead of

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