Aileene
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-LEEN
- Origin
- Irish
Aileene is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Aileene mean?
Irish: spelling of Ailene, itself a spelling of Aileen, from Irish Eibhlin, itself from Norman French Aveline
Aileen anglicises the Irish Eibhlin, which came to Ireland with the Normans as a form of Aveline.
Meaning borrowed from Ailene.
Is Aileene a girl's or a boy's name?
Aileene is a girls' name.
How popular is Aileene in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1925, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the girls named Aileene in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1941, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aileene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,473 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,890 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,513 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,387 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,048 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,015 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
Names like Aileene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adelaide, Adeline, Genevieve, Alice, Irene, Adele, Olive, Annie, Corinne, Estelle, Lucille, Clara
Names related to Aileene
Aleena, Aileen, Ayleen, Ailen, Aleen, Ailene, Yaileen, Aileena
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
Sources
Figures from 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, “Aileene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aileene, updated 20 October 2026.