Ailene
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-LEEN
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Ailene is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Ailene mean?
Irish: 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.
Is Ailene a girl's or a boy's name?
Ailene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ailene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Ailene, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1926, with 56 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
2025 had more girls named Ailene than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Ailene in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 538 girls in the US were given Ailene or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #555, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
Ailene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,368 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,979 |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,239 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,619 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,254 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,227 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,742 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,198 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,536 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,635 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,544 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,437 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,186 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,483 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,697 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,140 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,237 |
| 1931 | 42 | #1,092 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,347 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,195 |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,209 |
| 1927 | 50 | #1,079 |
| 1926 | 56 | #997 |
| 1925 | 49 | #1,089 |
| 1924 | 51 | #1,096 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,174 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,309 |
| 1921 | 42 | #1,184 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,171 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,242 |
| 1918 | 38 | #1,214 |
| 1917 | 36 | #1,205 |
| 1916 | 39 | #1,127 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,799 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,480 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,465 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,203 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,076 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
Names like Ailene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alice, Adeline, Irene, Genevieve, Adele, Claire, Charlotte, Adelaide, Lucille, Maxine, Annie, Annabelle
Other spellings of Ailene
Names related to Ailene
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, “Ailene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ailene, updated 20 October 2026.