Eileen

#654 for girls in 2025, 437 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1943 · 4,092 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
20 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
189,614
since 1882

Eileen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #68, 1943girls
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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#654437
2024#592511
2023#663444
2022#621476
2021#671440
2020#701401
2019#701413
2018#669439
2017#692421
2016#727390
2015#697408
2014#716391
2013#752360
2012#829324
2011#745369
2010#837321
2009#814347
2008#762386
2007#734396
2006#777355
2005#717381
2004#737358
2003#677389
2002#667380
2001#619407
2000#624402
1999#593414
1998#552450
1997#600377
1996#614373
1995#603372
1994#608368
1993#588401
1992#579403
1991#554422
1990#461529
1989#466524#6,2297
1988#440515
1987#464471
1986#412534
1985#403560
1984#373614
1983#332689
1982#394584
1981#386585
1980#377613
1979#386570#6,0565
1978#345629
1977#350630#5,8455
1976#369564
1975#336662
1974#308759
1973#283865
1972#278918
1971#2771,036#3,9637
1970#2451,282
1969#2121,475
1968#1971,578#3,1078
1967#1801,793#3,2317
1966#1682,039
1965#1572,418#3,2447
1964#1532,585#2,8549
1963#1412,937#2,41412
1962#1393,057#4,0335
1961#1313,490
1960#1303,496#2,68510
1959#1263,629#3,2907
1958#1253,526#3,0338
1957#1203,710#2,37512
1956#1233,452#3,5356
1955#1203,503#2,43511
1954#1153,680#3,8275
1953#1083,629#2,9058
1952#1003,742#3,7345
1951#953,816#2,8448
1950#913,883#2,7708
1949#953,722#2,45310
1948#913,838#3,6685
1947#914,251#1,91616
1946#804,168#2,27111
1945#703,637#2,9966
1944#733,649#2,4679
1943#684,092#1,76417
1942#883,108#2,14512
1941#1212,196#2,08312
1940#1252,034#2,32210
1939#1152,158#2,15911
1938#1132,282#3,5345
1937#1072,345#2,4799
1936#1032,320#1,87214
1935#1082,199#2,7198
1934#1092,227#2,9737
1933#1152,004#3,0047
1932#1142,121#2,8498
1931#1062,224#2,10113
1930#1102,378#2,7819
1929#982,558#3,9595
1928#1022,644#3,0768
1927#912,929#3,7806
1926#922,928
1925#962,964#4,1975
1924#933,070
1923#952,976
1922#962,939#4,3075
1921#1002,862#3,8696
1920#1002,718
1919#1032,346#3,7366
1918#1102,264
1917#1062,147#3,5456
1916#1181,858
1915#1321,493
1914#159920
1913#184614
1912#203470
1911#211336
1910#240258
1909#240216
1908#242199
1907#266168
1906#258161
1905#301124
1904#294120
1903#310101
1902#32491
1901#32686
1900#36585
1899#33977
1898#34581
1897#37659
1896#42446
1895#42644
1894#46336
1893#47332
1892#46035
1891#75013
1890#69315
1889#56720
1888#69014
1887#58615
1886#57215
1885#9216
1884
1883#9205
1882#8136
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Eileen! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Eileen
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 62 spots since 2024 (#592#654)
  • 47 spots since 2020 (#701#654)
  • 43 spots since 2015 (#697#654)
  • Biggest jump: 349 spots in 1886 (#921#572)
  • Biggest drop: 126 spots in 1890 (#567#693)
Rise & fade · girls
61 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1943 at #68 (4,092 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 20 yrs · run 1942–1952
  • Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1885–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 341
  • Highest: 1 in 341 girls born in 1943 were named Eileen (0.29%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,678 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 19.3% of all girls named Eileen (36,570) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s81#567 (1889)#724
1890s438#339 (1899)#475
1900s1,351#240 (1909)#293
1910s12,706#103 (1919)#157
1920s28,588#91 (1927)#96
1930s22,258#103 (1936)#110
1940s34,695#68 (1943)#90
1950s36,570#91 (1950)#112
1960s24,868#130 (1960)#161
1970s7,915#245 (1970)#318
1980s5,689#332 (1983)#405
1990s4,109#461 (1990)#575
2000s3,801#619 (2001)#713
2010s3,836#669 (2018)#737
2020s2,709#592 (2024)#650

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.

Eileen in 1968

girls
#197
1,578 births · 1 in 1,040 girls
boys
#3,107
8 births · 1 in 217,247 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #197Eileen1,578

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #3,107Eileen8
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 1,040 of them was named Eileen, which outranked 97.6% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eileen
  1. #194Loretta1,627
  2. #195Leah1,616
  3. #196Jackie1,584
  4. #197Eileen1,578
  5. #198Marilyn1,577
  6. #199Sonia1,566
  7. #200Ronda1,557
Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 3,132Coretta#3,656#524
  2. 1,257Tamika#1,980#723
  3. 1,150Tamiko#1,702#552
  4. 607Chantel#1,348#741
  5. 490Chantal#1,441#951
Fallers
  1. 602Wende#857#1,459
  2. 545Zina#959#1,504
  3. 341Evonne#970#1,311
  4. 294Portia#902#1,196
  5. 285Mariann#973#1,258

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

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 217,247 of them was named Eileen, which outranked 34.5% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eileen
  1. #2,907Woodson9
  2. #2,907Worth9
  3. #2,907Wright9
  4. #3,107Eileen8
  5. #3,107Abdel8
  6. #3,107Agostino8
  7. #3,107Aldric8
  8. #3,365Aarron7
  9. #3,365Aharon7
  10. #3,365Akbar7

Tied with 257 names at #3,107; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 649Dustin#1,018#369
  2. 567Damion#1,411#844
  3. 490Korey#1,388#898
  4. 434Darby#1,364#930
  5. 393Jamal#1,181#788
Fallers
  1. 926Illya#968#1,894
  2. 357Maury#925#1,282
  3. 298Cedrick#885#1,183
  4. 290Dell#875#1,165
  5. 257Faron#843#1,100

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

See the top 100 for 1968