heyotag

Name meaning & stats

Ilona

Ilona means “torch, light (debated)” (Ancient Greek origin). 3,031 US babies since 1940, peak 1946.

Play Ilona's storyCompare with a friend

What it means

“torch, light (debated)”

Ancient GreekForm of Helen

In US birth records

Peak year: 1946

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

3,031 US babies were named Ilona between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Ilona (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 13 Ilianas spell it Ilona

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1946)