Aileen
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #799 for girls
Aileen is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 799th for girls in the US (340 babies).
What does Aileen mean?
Irish
A female given name from Irish, variant of Eileen.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Aileen a girl's or a boy's name?
Aileen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 340 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aileen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Aileen, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aileen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Aileen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 19 | #1,158 |
| 1997 | 21 | #1,053 |
| 1996 | 20 | #1,061 |
How popular is Aileen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #799among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 340about 1 in 4,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 340 girls in the US were named Aileen, making it the 799th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 696th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 685 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Aileen than any year since 1996.
Half of all the girls named Aileen in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 466 girls in the US were given Aileen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #627, up from #799 for this spelling alone.
Aileen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 340 | #799 |
| 2024 | 391 | #720 |
| 2023 | 352 | #799 |
| 2022 | 407 | #720 |
| 2021 | 429 | #678 |
| 2020 | 404 | #696 |
| 2019 | 452 | #643 |
| 2018 | 437 | #671 |
| 2017 | 456 | #648 |
| 2016 | 500 | #602 |
| 2015 | 609 | #514 |
| 2014 | 541 | #567 |
| 2013 | 479 | #593 |
| 2012 | 603 | #506 |
| 2011 | 633 | #467 |
| 2010 | 645 | #468 |
| 2009 | 685 | #454 |
| 2008 | 650 | #486 |
| 2007 | 645 | #501 |
| 2006 | 558 | #537 |
| 2005 | 633 | #483 |
| 2004 | 568 | #510 |
| 2003 | 526 | #536 |
| 2002 | 505 | #546 |
| 2001 | 550 | #501 |
| 2000 | 501 | #526 |
| 1999 | 492 | #518 |
| 1998 | 525 | #486 |
| 1997 | 441 | #539 |
| 1996 | 303 | #703 |
| 1995 | 235 | #831 |
| 1994 | 247 | #811 |
| 1993 | 277 | #748 |
| 1992 | 254 | #792 |
| 1991 | 254 | #802 |
| 1990 | 230 | #854 |
| 1989 | 238 | #798 |
| 1988 | 256 | #731 |
| 1987 | 217 | #805 |
| 1986 | 252 | #710 |
| 1985 | 237 | #726 |
| 1984 | 265 | #660 |
| 1983 | 254 | #674 |
| 1982 | 214 | #768 |
| 1981 | 211 | #773 |
| 1980 | 212 | #778 |
| 1979 | 149 | #966 |
| 1978 | 159 | #901 |
| 1977 | 152 | #921 |
| 1976 | 148 | #891 |
| 1975 | 169 | #809 |
| 1974 | 190 | #746 |
| 1973 | 189 | #741 |
| 1972 | 195 | #726 |
| 1971 | 192 | #764 |
| 1970 | 238 | #668 |
| 1969 | 242 | #635 |
| 1968 | 210 | #666 |
| 1967 | 210 | #661 |
| 1966 | 211 | #668 |
| 1965 | 254 | #610 |
| 1964 | 248 | #648 |
| 1963 | 217 | #685 |
| 1962 | 245 | #646 |
| 1961 | 242 | #660 |
| 1960 | 229 | #670 |
| 1959 | 215 | #684 |
| 1958 | 203 | #694 |
| 1957 | 190 | #724 |
| 1956 | 179 | #719 |
| 1955 | 208 | #641 |
| 1954 | 188 | #680 |
| 1953 | 218 | #598 |
| 1952 | 184 | #656 |
| 1951 | 212 | #590 |
| 1950 | 160 | #667 |
| 1949 | 150 | #682 |
| 1948 | 180 | #615 |
| 1947 | 199 | #603 |
| 1946 | 185 | #588 |
| 1945 | 150 | #596 |
| 1944 | 166 | #565 |
| 1943 | 209 | #515 |
| 1942 | 136 | #642 |
| 1941 | 118 | #651 |
| 1940 | 136 | #596 |
| 1939 | 131 | #583 |
| 1938 | 144 | #570 |
| 1937 | 157 | #526 |
| 1936 | 190 | #466 |
| 1935 | 174 | #478 |
| 1934 | 212 | #447 |
| 1933 | 228 | #426 |
| 1932 | 292 | #383 |
| 1931 | 286 | #385 |
| 1930 | 343 | #361 |
| 1929 | 356 | #345 |
| 1928 | 487 | #302 |
| 1927 | 463 | #309 |
| 1926 | 534 | #289 |
| 1925 | 503 | #298 |
| 1924 | 521 | #291 |
| 1923 | 420 | #314 |
| 1922 | 453 | #303 |
| 1921 | 454 | #305 |
| 1920 | 457 | #305 |
| 1919 | 371 | #330 |
| 1918 | 357 | #346 |
| 1917 | 365 | #321 |
| 1916 | 354 | #324 |
| 1915 | 390 | #293 |
| 1914 | 298 | #302 |
| 1913 | 231 | #314 |
| 1912 | 192 | #326 |
| 1911 | 150 | #323 |
| 1910 | 123 | #357 |
| 1909 | 103 | #357 |
| 1908 | 99 | #361 |
| 1907 | 72 | #418 |
| 1906 | 99 | #336 |
| 1905 | 67 | #413 |
| 1904 | 89 | #346 |
| 1903 | 63 | #400 |
| 1902 | 86 | #341 |
| 1901 | 73 | #356 |
| 1900 | 67 | #407 |
| 1899 | 49 | #416 |
| 1898 | 48 | #441 |
| 1897 | 44 | #440 |
| 1896 | 37 | #478 |
| 1895 | 40 | #455 |
| 1894 | 40 | #442 |
| 1893 | 29 | #512 |
| 1892 | 18 | #685 |
| 1891 | 14 | #727 |
| 1890 | 13 | #758 |
| 1889 | 14 | #687 |
| 1888 | 10 | #837 |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 10 | #686 |
| 1883 | 8 | #692 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #738 |
Names like Aileen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eileen Aoibheann Teagan Raegan Eireann Orla Caragh Caoimhe Keira Rowan Rhea Ayleen
Other spellings of Aileen
Names related to Aileen
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aileen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aileen, updated 20 October 2026.