Meaning and history
Ilona is an old Hungarian form of Helen, possibly transmitted through a Slavic form. In Finland, it is associated with ilona, a derivative of ilo meaning “joy.”
20062006: 26 births, rank #5,233
2007: 33 births, rank #4,475
2008: 32 births, rank #4,647
2009: 22 births, rank #6,091
2010: 27 births, rank #5,108
20112011: 24 births, rank #5,543
2012: 26 births, rank #5,253
2013: 22 births, rank #5,834
2014: 19 births, rank #6,451
2015: 36 births, rank #4,069
20162016: 35 births, rank #4,157
2017: 28 births, rank #4,811
2018: 29 births, rank #4,662
2019: 30 births, rank #4,546
2020: 24 births, rank #5,168
20212021: 19 births, rank #6,174
2022: 22 births, rank #5,638
2023: 17 births, rank #6,680
2024: 28 births, rank #4,772
20252025: 38 births, rank #3,832
Ilona moved from #821 to #875 for girls between 1946 and 1947. Its highest annual birth count came in 1946, with 102 births.