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
- Peak · girls
- 1926 · 534 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 37,637since 1880
Aileen over time
Rank among girls' names. Aileen has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #799 | 340 | — | |
| 2024 | #720 | 391 | — | |
| 2023 | #799 | 352 | — | |
| 2022 | #720 | 407 | — | |
| 2021 | #678 | 429 | — | |
| 2020 | #696 | 404 | — | |
| 2019 | #643 | 452 | — | |
| 2018 | #671 | 437 | — | |
| 2017 | #648 | 456 | — | |
| 2016 | #602 | 500 | — | |
| 2015 | #514 | 609 | — | |
| 2014 | #567 | 541 | — | |
| 2013 | #593 | 479 | — | |
| 2012 | #506 | 603 | — | |
| 2011 | #467 | 633 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #468 | 645 | — | |
| 2009 | #454 | 685 | — | |
| 2008 | #486 | 650 | — | |
| 2007 | #501 | 645 | — | |
| 2006 | #537 | 558 | — | |
| 2005 | #483 | 633 | — | |
| 2004 | #510 | 568 | — | |
| 2003 | #536 | 526 | — | |
| 2002 | #546 | 505 | — | |
| 2001 | #501 | 550 | — | |
| 2000 | #526 | 501 | — | |
| 1999 | #518 | 492 | — | |
| 1998 | #486 | 525 | — | |
| 1997 | #539 | 441 | — | |
| 1996 | #703 | 303 | — | |
| 1995 | #832 | 235 | — | |
| 1994 | #812 | 247 | — | |
| 1993 | #749 | 277 | — | |
| 1992 | #794 | 254 | — | |
| 1991 | #804 | 254 | — | |
| 1990 | #855 | 230 | — | |
| 1989 | #800 | 238 | — | |
| 1988 | #731 | 256 | — | |
| 1987 | #805 | 217 | — | |
| 1986 | #710 | 252 | — | |
| 1985 | #726 | 237 | — | |
| 1984 | #660 | 265 | — | |
| 1983 | #674 | 254 | — | |
| 1982 | #768 | 214 | — | |
| 1981 | #773 | 211 | — | |
| 1980 | #778 | 212 | — | |
| 1979 | #966 | 149 | — | |
| 1978 | #901 | 159 | — | |
| 1977 | #921 | 152 | — | |
| 1976 | #891 | 148 | — | |
| 1975 | #809 | 169 | — | |
| 1974 | #746 | 190 | — | |
| 1973 | #741 | 189 | — | |
| 1972 | #726 | 195 | — | |
| 1971 | #764 | 192 | — | |
| 1970 | #668 | 238 | — | |
| 1969 | #635 | 242 | — | |
| 1968 | #666 | 210 | — | |
| 1967 | #661 | 210 | — | |
| 1966 | #668 | 211 | — | |
| 1965 | #610 | 254 | — | |
| 1964 | #648 | 248 | — | |
| 1963 | #685 | 217 | — | |
| 1962 | #646 | 245 | — | |
| 1961 | #660 | 242 | — | |
| 1960 | #670 | 229 | — | |
| 1959 | #684 | 215 | — | |
| 1958 | #695 | 203 | — | |
| 1957 | #725 | 190 | — | |
| 1956 | #720 | 179 | — | |
| 1955 | #642 | 208 | — | |
| 1954 | #681 | 188 | — | |
| 1953 | #599 | 218 | — | |
| 1952 | #657 | 184 | — | |
| 1951 | #591 | 212 | — | |
| 1950 | #668 | 160 | — | |
| 1949 | #683 | 150 | — | |
| 1948 | #616 | 180 | — | |
| 1947 | #603 | 199 | — | |
| 1946 | #588 | 185 | — | |
| 1945 | #596 | 150 | — | |
| 1944 | #565 | 166 | — | |
| 1943 | #515 | 209 | — | |
| 1942 | #642 | 136 | — | |
| 1941 | #651 | 118 | — | |
| 1940 | #596 | 136 | — | |
| 1939 | #583 | 131 | — | |
| 1938 | #570 | 144 | — | |
| 1937 | #526 | 157 | — | |
| 1936 | #466 | 190 | — | |
| 1935 | #478 | 174 | — | |
| 1934 | #447 | 212 | — | |
| 1933 | #426 | 228 | — | |
| 1932 | #383 | 292 | — | |
| 1931 | #385 | 286 | — | |
| 1930 | #361 | 343 | — | |
| 1929 | #345 | 356 | — | |
| 1928 | #302 | 487 | — | |
| 1927 | #309 | 463 | — | |
| 1926 | #289 | 534 | — | |
| 1925 | #298 | 503 | — | |
| 1924 | #291 | 521 | — | |
| 1923 | #314 | 420 | — | |
| 1922 | #303 | 453 | — | |
| 1921 | #305 | 454 | — | |
| 1920 | #305 | 457 | — | |
| 1919 | #330 | 371 | — | |
| 1918 | #346 | 357 | — | |
| 1917 | #321 | 365 | — | |
| 1916 | #324 | 354 | — | |
| 1915 | #293 | 390 | — | |
| 1914 | #302 | 298 | — | |
| 1913 | #314 | 231 | — | |
| 1912 | #326 | 192 | — | |
| 1911 | #323 | 150 | — | |
| 1910 | #357 | 123 | — | |
| 1909 | #357 | 103 | — | |
| 1908 | #361 | 99 | — | |
| 1907 | #418 | 72 | — | |
| 1906 | #336 | 99 | — | |
| 1905 | #413 | 67 | — | |
| 1904 | #346 | 89 | — | |
| 1903 | #400 | 63 | — | |
| 1902 | #341 | 86 | — | |
| 1901 | #356 | 73 | — | |
| 1900 | #407 | 67 | — | |
| 1899 | #416 | 49 | — | |
| 1898 | #441 | 48 | — | |
| 1897 | #440 | 44 | — | |
| 1896 | #478 | 37 | — | |
| 1895 | #455 | 40 | — | |
| 1894 | #442 | 40 | — | |
| 1893 | #512 | 29 | — | |
| 1892 | #685 | 18 | — | |
| 1891 | #727 | 14 | — | |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 | — | |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | — | |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 | — | |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #686 | 10 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
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.
See more about Aileen
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1926 at #289 (534 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1886–2025
- 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%)
- 15.5% of all girls named Aileen (5,821) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 63 | #686 (1884) | #771 |
| 1890s | 332 | #416 (1899) | #535 |
| 1900s | 818 | #336 (1906) | #374 |
| 1910s | 2,831 | #293 (1915) | #324 |
| 1920s | 4,648 | #289 (1926) | #306 |
| 1930s | 2,157 | #361 (1930) | #463 |
| 1940s | 1,629 | #515 (1943) | #606 |
| 1950s | 1,957 | #591 (1951) | #666 |
| 1960s | 2,308 | #610 (1965) | #655 |
| 1970s | 1,781 | #668 (1970) | #813 |
| 1980s | 2,356 | #660 (1984) | #743 |
| 1990s | 3,258 | #486 (1998) | #709 |
| 2000s | 5,821 | #454 (2009) | #508 |
| 2010s | 5,355 | #467 (2011) | #568 |
| 2020s | 2,323 | #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 2011
Top girls' names in 2011
Top boys' names in 2011
More about 2011
girls
1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 2,779 of them was named Aileen, which outranked 97.6% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,899,252 boys got a published name in 2011; 1 in 379,850 of them was named Aileen, which outranked 14.4% of the 14,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,073 names at #12,287; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.