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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #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—
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1953#599218—
1952#657184—
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1900#40767—
1899#41649—
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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 1963

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #610 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,625 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedMINew York: #388 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 3,140 girlsNYMassachusetts: #406 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,174 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: #831 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,968 girlsOHPennsylvania: #511 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,361 girlsPANew Jersey: #378 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,382 girlsNJConnecticut: #336 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,038 girlsCTCalifornia: #584 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 5,804 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: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Aileen, so not publishedMDDelaware: 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: #233 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 869 girlsHITexas: #1,087 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 15,312 girlsTXFlorida: #638 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,932 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#233 · 1 in 869
  2. Connecticut#336 · 1 in 3,038
  3. New Jersey#378 · 1 in 3,382
  4. New York#388 · 1 in 3,140
  5. Massachusetts#406 · 1 in 5,174

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#23371 in 869
Connecticut#33681 in 3,038
New Jersey#378171 in 3,382
New York#388521 in 3,140
Massachusetts#406101 in 5,174
Pennsylvania#511161 in 6,361
California#584301 in 5,804
Illinois#610131 in 7,625
Florida#63871 in 6,932
Ohio#83161 in 15,968
Texas#1,08771 in 15,312
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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 1963

girls
#685
217 births · 1 in 8,883 girls

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #685Aileen217
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 8,883 of them was named Aileen, which outranked 91.1% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aileen
  1. #681Susanna218
  2. #681Valorie218
  3. #681Vickey218
  4. #685Aileen217
  5. #685Lawanda217
  6. #687Gabrielle216
  7. #687Valencia216
  8. #689Alfreda215

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

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →