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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #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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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—
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1990#855230—
1989#800238—
1988#731256—
1987#805217—
1986#710252—
1985#726237—
1984#660265—
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1982#768214—
1981#773211—
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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—
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1961#660242—
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1953#599218—
1952#657184—
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1900#40767—
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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 1962

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedNHWashington: #540 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,549 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedMNIllinois: #618 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,913 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedMINew York: #352 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 2,769 girlsNYMassachusetts: #468 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,338 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #585 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,695 girlsPANew Jersey: #373 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,356 girlsNJConnecticut: #421 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,735 girlsCTCalifornia: #584 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 5,596 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedWVVirginia: #491 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,748 girlsVAMaryland: #509 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,857 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedGAHawaii: #159 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 530 girlsHITexas: #1,180 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,426 girlsTXFlorida: #648 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,029 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#159 · 1 in 530
  2. New York#352 · 1 in 2,769
  3. New Jersey#373 · 1 in 3,356
  4. Connecticut#421 · 1 in 4,735
  5. Massachusetts#468 · 1 in 7,338

Best ever in a state: #36 in Hawaii, 1943.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#159121 in 530
New York#352591 in 2,769
New Jersey#373171 in 3,356
Connecticut#42151 in 4,735
Massachusetts#46871 in 7,338
Virginia#49171 in 5,748
Maryland#50951 in 5,857
Washington#54051 in 5,549
California#584311 in 5,596
Pennsylvania#585121 in 8,695
Illinois#618131 in 7,913
Florida#64871 in 7,029
Texas#1,18061 in 18,426
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1962

girls
#646
245 births · 1 in 8,027 girls

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #646Aileen245
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 8,027 of them was named Aileen, which outranked 91.5% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aileen
  1. #641Tonja248
  2. #644Nikki246
  3. #644Selina246
  4. #646Aileen245
  5. #646Juliet245
  6. #646Libby245
  7. #646Teena245
  8. #650Adele241
  9. #650Geralyn241
  10. #650Pattie241

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,281Tiffany#2,070 → #789
  2. ↑ 879Whitney#1,627 → #748
  3. ↑ 541Zina#1,533 → #992
  4. ↑ 414Glynis#1,406 → #992
  5. ↑ 408Lolita#978 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 300Fern#821 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 259Jacklyn#815 → #1,074
  3. ↓ 255Dorthy#929 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 224Laurene#943 → #1,167
  5. ↓ 215Jimmie#911 → #1,126

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

See the top 100 for 1962 →