Meaning not yet researched.
Eileen: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 437 in 2025. Its best rank was #68 in 1943.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #68 in 1943; #654 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Eileen in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#654 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1943, at #68.
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Eileen: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 437 girls in 2025. Peak: #68 in 1943 · most girls in one year: 4,251 (1947).
In 2025, 437 US girls were named Eileen, making it the 654th most common girls’ name of the year, down 62 places from #592 in 2024. That is 74 fewer than the 511 girls named Eileen in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #68, reached in 1943. The most girls given the name in a single year was 4,251, in 1947. For comparison, it was #698 in 2015 and #91 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Eileen in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 6 babies. In all, 190,020 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 36,648 babies named Eileen.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,372 US girls were named Eileen; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 511. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,678 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Eileen ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #360 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Aileen (37,642 babies since 1880), Avelina (1,804 babies since 1880) and Ellen (276,029 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ilean, Eileene and Ileene are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Helen.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ilean (965), Eileene (548), Ileene (456), Eileena (46), Eilynn (6), Iyleen (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 30 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 16 | #360 | — |
| New York | 44 | #393 | #398 |
| Washington | 18 | #396 | #784 |
| California | 80 | #416 | #430 |
| New Jersey | 18 | #431 | #627 |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | #525 | #803 |
| Virginia | 14 | #548 | #983 |
| Illinois | 18 | #549 | #699 |
| Missouri | 9 | #608 | #867 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #628 | — |
| Tennessee | 11 | #661 | — |
| Georgia | 15 | #688 | #532 |
| Texas | 44 | #693 | #546 |
| Michigan | 11 | #700 | #938 |
| Alabama | 6 | #742 | — |
| North Carolina | 12 | #793 | #920 |
| Ohio | 11 | #821 | #852 |
| Florida | 17 | #924 | #1,072 |
| Indiana | 6 | #943 | #1,127 |
| Colorado | 5 | #944 | — |
| Arizona | 5 | #1,094 | #1,147 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 437 | #654 | — | — |
| 2024 | 511 | #592 | — | — |
| 2023 | 444 | #663 | — | — |
| 2022 | 476 | #621 | — | — |
| 2021 | 440 | #671 | — | — |
| 2020 | 401 | #701 | — | — |
| 2019 | 413 | #701 | — | — |
| 2018 | 439 | #669 | — | — |
| 2017 | 421 | #692 | — | — |
| 2016 | 390 | #728 | — | — |
| 2015 | 408 | #698 | — | — |
| 2014 | 391 | #717 | — | — |
| 2013 | 360 | #752 | — | — |
| 2012 | 324 | #829 | — | — |
| 2011 | 369 | #748 | — | — |
| 2010 | 321 | #838 | — | — |
| 2009 | 347 | #815 | — | — |
| 2008 | 386 | #764 | — | — |
| 2007 | 396 | #735 | — | — |
| 2006 | 355 | #778 | — | — |
| 2005 | 381 | #717 | — | — |
| 2004 | 358 | #737 | — | — |
| 2003 | 389 | #678 | — | — |
| 2002 | 380 | #667 | — | — |
| 2001 | 407 | #619 | — | — |
| 2000 | 402 | #625 | — | — |
| 1999 | 414 | #593 | — | — |
| 1998 | 450 | #552 | — | — |
| 1997 | 377 | #601 | — | — |
| 1996 | 373 | #614 | — | — |
| 1995 | 372 | #604 | — | — |
| 1994 | 368 | #609 | — | — |
| 1993 | 401 | #588 | — | — |
| 1992 | 403 | #579 | — | — |
| 1991 | 422 | #554 | — | — |
| 1990 | 529 | #461 | — | — |
| 1989 | 524 | #467 | 7 | #6,415 |
| 1988 | 515 | #440 | — | — |
| 1987 | 471 | #464 | — | — |
| 1986 | 534 | #413 | — | — |
| 1985 | 560 | #403 | — | — |
| 1984 | 614 | #373 | — | — |
| 1983 | 689 | #333 | — | — |
| 1982 | 584 | #397 | — | — |
| 1981 | 585 | #386 | — | — |
| 1980 | 613 | #377 | — | — |
| 1979 | 570 | #386 | 5 | #6,330 |
| 1978 | 629 | #345 | — | — |
| 1977 | 630 | #350 | 5 | #6,140 |
| 1976 | 564 | #369 | — | — |
| 1975 | 662 | #336 | — | — |
| 1974 | 759 | #308 | — | — |
| 1973 | 865 | #283 | — | — |
| 1972 | 918 | #279 | — | — |
| 1971 | 1,036 | #277 | 7 | #4,098 |
| 1970 | 1,282 | #245 | — | — |
| 1969 | 1,475 | #212 | — | — |
| 1968 | 1,578 | #197 | 8 | #3,185 |
| 1967 | 1,793 | #180 | 7 | #3,348 |
| 1966 | 2,039 | #168 | — | — |
| 1965 | 2,418 | #157 | 7 | #3,333 |
| 1964 | 2,585 | #153 | 9 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 2,937 | #141 | 12 | #2,452 |
| 1962 | 3,057 | #139 | 5 | #4,229 |
| 1961 | 3,490 | #131 | — | — |
| 1960 | 3,496 | #130 | 10 | #2,739 |
| 1959 | 3,629 | #126 | 7 | #3,370 |
| 1958 | 3,526 | #125 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1957 | 3,710 | #120 | 12 | #2,415 |
| 1956 | 3,452 | #123 | 6 | #3,643 |
| 1955 | 3,503 | #120 | 11 | #2,468 |
| 1954 | 3,680 | #115 | 5 | #3,983 |
| 1953 | 3,629 | #108 | 8 | #2,979 |
| 1952 | 3,742 | #100 | 5 | #3,882 |
| 1951 | 3,816 | #95 | 8 | #2,903 |
| 1950 | 3,883 | #91 | 8 | #2,843 |
| 1949 | 3,722 | #95 | 10 | #2,498 |
| 1948 | 3,838 | #91 | 5 | #3,829 |
| 1947 | 4,251 | #91 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 1946 | 4,168 | #80 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1945 | 3,637 | #70 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 1944 | 3,649 | #73 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 1943 | 4,092 | #68 | 17 | #1,786 |
| 1942 | 3,108 | #88 | 12 | #2,184 |
| 1941 | 2,196 | #121 | 12 | #2,117 |
| 1940 | 2,034 | #125 | 10 | #2,373 |
| 1939 | 2,158 | #115 | 11 | #2,200 |
| 1938 | 2,282 | #113 | 5 | #3,672 |
| 1937 | 2,345 | #107 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1936 | 2,320 | #103 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1935 | 2,199 | #108 | 8 | #2,774 |
| 1934 | 2,227 | #109 | 7 | #3,061 |
| 1933 | 2,004 | #115 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1932 | 2,121 | #114 | 8 | #2,918 |
| 1931 | 2,224 | #106 | 13 | #2,131 |
| 1930 | 2,378 | #110 | 9 | #2,831 |
| 1929 | 2,558 | #98 | 5 | #4,133 |
| 1928 | 2,644 | #102 | 8 | #3,163 |
| 1927 | 2,929 | #91 | 6 | #3,894 |
| 1926 | 2,928 | #92 | — | — |
| 1925 | 2,964 | #96 | 5 | #4,391 |
| 1924 | 3,070 | #93 | — | — |
| 1923 | 2,976 | #95 | — | — |
| 1922 | 2,939 | #96 | 5 | #4,490 |
| 1921 | 2,862 | #100 | 6 | #3,995 |
| 1920 | 2,718 | #100 | — | — |
| 1919 | 2,346 | #103 | 6 | #3,852 |
| 1918 | 2,264 | #110 | — | — |
| 1917 | 2,147 | #106 | 6 | #3,666 |
| 1916 | 1,858 | #118 | — | — |
| 1915 | 1,493 | #132 | — | — |
| 1914 | 920 | #159 | — | — |
| 1913 | 614 | #184 | — | — |
| 1912 | 470 | #203 | — | — |
| 1911 | 336 | #211 | — | — |
| 1910 | 258 | #240 | — | — |
| 1909 | 216 | #240 | — | — |
| 1908 | 199 | #242 | — | — |
| 1907 | 168 | #266 | — | — |
| 1906 | 161 | #258 | — | — |
| 1905 | 124 | #301 | — | — |
| 1904 | 120 | #294 | — | — |
| 1903 | 101 | #311 | — | — |
| 1902 | 91 | #325 | — | — |
| 1901 | 86 | #326 | — | — |
| 1900 | 85 | #367 | — | — |
| 1899 | 77 | #340 | — | — |
| 1898 | 81 | #345 | — | — |
| 1897 | 59 | #376 | — | — |
| 1896 | 46 | #425 | — | — |
| 1895 | 44 | #428 | — | — |
| 1894 | 36 | #465 | — | — |
| 1893 | 32 | #477 | — | — |
| 1892 | 35 | #461 | — | — |
| 1891 | 13 | #760 | — | — |
| 1890 | 15 | #700 | — | — |
| 1889 | 20 | #578 | — | — |
| 1888 | 14 | #695 | — | — |
| 1887 | 15 | #593 | — | — |
| 1886 | 15 | #579 | — | — |
| 1885 | 6 | #957 | — | — |
| 1883 | 5 | #956 | — | — |
| 1882 | 6 | #840 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).