Ailen
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Ailen is a girls' name, meaning “ember”. In 2025 it ranked 2,153rd for girls in the US (86 babies).
What does Ailen mean?
Mapuche, from ailen 'ember'
“ember”
Ailén comes from Mapudungun, the Mapuche language of Chile and Argentina; some parents also use it as a spelling of Eileen.
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Is Ailen a girl's or a boy's name?
Ailen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 86 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ailen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,153among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 86about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 208% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 86 girls in the US were named Ailen, making it the 2,153rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 105 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Ailen in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 466 girls in the US were given Ailen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #627, up from #2,153 for this spelling alone.
Ailen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #2,153 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,674 |
| 2022 | 105 | #1,907 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Names like Ailen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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