Aileen

#799 for girls in 2025, 340 births · Last seen for boys in 2011 at #12,287
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1926 · 534 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
37,637
since 1880

Aileen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Aileen has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #289, 1926girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#799340—
2024#720391—
2023#799352—
2022#720407—
2021#678429—
2020#696404—
2019#643452—
2018#671437—
2017#648456—
2016#602500—
2015#514609—
2014#567541—
2013#593479—
2012#506603—
2011#467633#12,2875
2010#468645—
2009#454685—
2008#486650—
2007#501645—
2006#537558—
2005#483633—
2004#510568—
2003#536526—
2002#546505—
2001#501550—
2000#526501—
1999#518492—
1998#486525—
1997#539441—
1996#703303—
1995#832235—
1994#812247—
1993#749277—
1992#794254—
1991#804254—
1990#855230—
1989#800238—
1988#731256—
1987#805217—
1986#710252—
1985#726237—
1984#660265—
1983#674254—
1982#768214—
1981#773211—
1980#778212—
1979#966149—
1978#901159—
1977#921152—
1976#891148—
1975#809169—
1974#746190—
1973#741189—
1972#726195—
1971#764192—
1970#668238—
1969#635242—
1968#666210—
1967#661210—
1966#668211—
1965#610254—
1964#648248—
1963#685217—
1962#646245—
1961#660242—
1960#670229—
1959#684215—
1958#695203—
1957#725190—
1956#720179—
1955#642208—
1954#681188—
1953#599218—
1952#657184—
1951#591212—
1950#668160—
1949#683150—
1948#616180—
1947#603199—
1946#588185—
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1944#565166—
1943#515209—
1942#642136—
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1939#583131—
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1937#526157—
1936#466190—
1935#478174—
1934#447212—
1933#426228—
1932#383292—
1931#385286—
1930#361343—
1929#345356—
1928#302487—
1927#309463—
1926#289534—
1925#298503—
1924#291521—
1923#314420—
1922#303453—
1921#305454—
1920#305457—
1919#330371—
1918#346357—
1917#321365—
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1914#302298—
1913#314231—
1912#326192—
1911#323150—
1910#357123—
1909#357103—
1908#36199—
1907#41872—
1906#33699—
1905#41367—
1904#34689—
1903#40063—
1902#34186—
1901#35673—
1900#40767—
1899#41649—
1898#44148—
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1894#44240—
1893#51229—
1892#68518—
1891#72714—
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First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Aileen was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Aileen is popular in 1895

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Aileen
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 79 spots since 2024 (#720 → #799)
  • 103 spots since 2020 (#696 → #799)
  • 285 spots since 2015 (#514 → #799)
  • Biggest jump: 188 spots in 1980 (#966 → #778)
  • Biggest drop: 96 spots in 1971 (#668 → #764)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1926 at #289 (534 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 143 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1886–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,220
  • Highest: 1 in 2,220 girls born in 1926 were named Aileen (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,727 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 15.5% of all girls named Aileen (5,821) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s63#686 (1884)#771
1890s332#416 (1899)#535
1900s818#336 (1906)#374
1910s2,831#293 (1915)#324
1920s4,648#289 (1926)#306
1930s2,157#361 (1930)#463
1940s1,629#515 (1943)#606
1950s1,957#591 (1951)#666
1960s2,308#610 (1965)#655
1970s1,781#668 (1970)#813
1980s2,356#660 (1984)#743
1990s3,258#486 (1998)#709
2000s5,821#454 (2009)#508
2010s5,355#467 (2011)#568
2020s2,323#678 (2021)#735

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Aileen in 1895

girls
#455
40 births · 1 in 5,841 girls

Top girls' names in 1895

  1. #1Mary13,447
  2. #2Anna5,950
  3. #3Helen4,023
  4. #4Margaret3,931
  5. #5Elizabeth3,603
  6. #6Ruth3,551
  7. #7Florence3,471
  8. #8Ethel3,391
  9. #9Marie3,011
  10. #10Emma2,952
  11. #455Aileen40
More about 1895

girls

233,627 girls got a published name in 1895; 1 in 5,841 of them was named Aileen, which outranked 74.8% of the 1,808 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aileen
  1. #440Sudie41
  2. #440Veda41
  3. #440Vernie41
  4. #455Aileen40
  5. #455Bernadette40
  6. #455Beryl40
  7. #455Charity40
  8. #465Bella39
  9. #465Hope39
  10. #465Margery39

Tied with 9 names at #455; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. ↑ 715Glenn#1,353 → #638
  2. ↑ 670Drusilla#1,485 → #815
  3. ↑ 670Gertha#1,485 → #815
  4. ↑ 670Lorine#1,485 → #815
  5. ↑ 627Leva#1,485 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 848Gina#744 → #1,592
  2. ↓ 848Laurel#744 → #1,592
  3. ↓ 848Pennie#744 → #1,592
  4. ↓ 810Buena#782 → #1,592
  5. ↓ 780Albertina#812 → #1,592

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1895 →