Baby name

Ilona

Girl

Origin of the name

Ilona is the Hungarian form of Helen.

Classic name

The high point came in 1946, with 102 births and the No. 817 spot that year. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 116 years out of 146. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 3831.

3,332births since 1880

1940sgeneration

No. 817rank at its peak, in 1946

Where babies named Ilona are born

1946

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The darker the blue, the more common Ilona is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Ilona is most common in New York (4.1 times) and California (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Iona 12,251
Lona 10,907
Ilana 5,678
Alona 3,197
Elona 1,142

Names from the same era

Sheron · Georgetta · Corliss · Sherilyn · Lonna · Elayne

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