Feminine dossier · first seen 1914

Ilse

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ilse
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1993

Peak rank proxy

103

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1914Peak 19932024

Peak year

1993

Decline from peak

73.8%

2024

All-time

2,364

Ilse has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1993, when 103 girls were named Ilse.

In 2024, only 27 girls were given the name.

Down 73.8% from its peak.

All told, about 2,364 Americans have been named Ilse and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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