Ileana is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “torch.” In 2024 it was given to 75 girls in the United States.
Ileana belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “torch” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ileana first appears in Social Security records in 1918. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1156 in 1926, and in 2024 75 babies received the name — 5,565 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ileana means “torch” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ileana is a girl name. In 2024, 75 babies received the name in the US.
Ileana comes from the Spanish tradition.
Ileana first appears in US records in 1918. Its best-ever ranking was #1156 in 1926, and 75 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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