Aleen

Where Aleen comes from

Aleen hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1868
    Aleen Cust born
    Anglo-Irish veterinary surgeon
  2. 1896
    First appearance
    #1,583 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1900
    Peak, #917
    17 babies named Aleen — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1902
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,320.
  5. 1980
    Aleen Bailey born
    Jamaican sprinter
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Aleen Bailey · Jamaican sprinter, born 1980
  • Aleen Cust · Anglo-Irish veterinary surgeon, 1868–1937

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.