Eileen
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Eileen is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 812th for girls in the UK (48 babies) and 654th for girls in the US (437 babies).
What does Eileen mean?
Irish: anglicised form of Irish Eibhlín, from Norman French Aveline
The anglicised form of the Irish Eibhlín, a name that came to Ireland with the Normans.
- Say it
- EYE-leen
More on Wiktionary.
Is Eileen a girl's or a boy's name?
Eileen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 girls in the UK and 437 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eileen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #812among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 5,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 109% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 48 girls in the UK were named Eileen, making it the 812th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th.
2025 had the most girls named Eileen of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Eileen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 60 girls in the UK were given Eileen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #636, up from #812 for this spelling alone.
- Eileen 48
- Eibhlin 12
Among girls in 2025, it was 816th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#70), 1914 (#27), 1924 (#10), 1934 (#19), 1944 (#28) and 1954 (#58).
Eileen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #812 |
| 2024 | 47 | #840 |
| 2023 | 41 | #933 |
| 2022 | 42 | #902 |
| 2021 | 38 | #993 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,497 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,188 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,475 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,285 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,293 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,545 |
| 2005 | 26 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 24 | #1,056 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 21 | #1,070 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 22 | #1,035 |
| 1998 | 19 | #1,158 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 26 | #894 |
How popular is Eileen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #654among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 437about 1 in 3,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 437 girls in the US were named Eileen, making it the 654th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 701st. Its busiest year was 1947, with 4,251 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had fewer girls named Eileen than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Eileen in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 538 girls in the US were given Eileen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #555, up from #654 for this spelling alone.
Eileen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 437 | #654 |
| 2024 | 511 | #592 |
| 2023 | 444 | #663 |
| 2022 | 476 | #621 |
| 2021 | 440 | #671 |
| 2020 | 401 | #701 |
| 2019 | 413 | #701 |
| 2018 | 439 | #669 |
| 2017 | 421 | #692 |
| 2016 | 390 | #727 |
| 2015 | 408 | #697 |
| 2014 | 391 | #716 |
| 2013 | 360 | #752 |
| 2012 | 324 | #829 |
| 2011 | 369 | #745 |
| 2010 | 321 | #837 |
| 2009 | 347 | #814 |
| 2008 | 386 | #762 |
| 2007 | 396 | #734 |
| 2006 | 355 | #777 |
| 2005 | 381 | #717 |
| 2004 | 358 | #737 |
| 2003 | 389 | #677 |
| 2002 | 380 | #667 |
| 2001 | 407 | #619 |
| 2000 | 402 | #624 |
| 1999 | 414 | #593 |
| 1998 | 450 | #552 |
| 1997 | 377 | #600 |
| 1996 | 373 | #614 |
| 1995 | 372 | #603 |
| 1994 | 368 | #608 |
| 1993 | 401 | #588 |
| 1992 | 403 | #579 |
| 1991 | 422 | #554 |
| 1990 | 529 | #460 |
| 1989 | 524 | #466 |
| 1988 | 515 | #440 |
| 1987 | 471 | #464 |
| 1986 | 534 | #412 |
| 1985 | 560 | #403 |
| 1984 | 614 | #373 |
| 1983 | 689 | #332 |
| 1982 | 584 | #394 |
| 1981 | 585 | #386 |
| 1980 | 613 | #377 |
| 1979 | 570 | #386 |
| 1978 | 629 | #345 |
| 1977 | 630 | #350 |
| 1976 | 564 | #369 |
| 1975 | 662 | #336 |
| 1974 | 759 | #308 |
| 1973 | 865 | #283 |
| 1972 | 918 | #278 |
| 1971 | 1,036 | #277 |
| 1970 | 1,282 | #245 |
| 1969 | 1,475 | #212 |
| 1968 | 1,578 | #197 |
| 1967 | 1,793 | #180 |
| 1966 | 2,039 | #168 |
| 1965 | 2,418 | #157 |
| 1964 | 2,585 | #153 |
| 1963 | 2,937 | #141 |
| 1962 | 3,057 | #139 |
| 1961 | 3,490 | #131 |
| 1960 | 3,496 | #130 |
| 1959 | 3,629 | #126 |
| 1958 | 3,526 | #125 |
| 1957 | 3,710 | #120 |
| 1956 | 3,452 | #123 |
| 1955 | 3,503 | #120 |
| 1954 | 3,680 | #115 |
| 1953 | 3,629 | #108 |
| 1952 | 3,742 | #100 |
| 1951 | 3,816 | #95 |
| 1950 | 3,883 | #91 |
| 1949 | 3,722 | #95 |
| 1948 | 3,838 | #91 |
| 1947 | 4,251 | #91 |
| 1946 | 4,168 | #80 |
| 1945 | 3,637 | #70 |
| 1944 | 3,649 | #73 |
| 1943 | 4,092 | #68 |
| 1942 | 3,108 | #88 |
| 1941 | 2,196 | #121 |
| 1940 | 2,034 | #125 |
| 1939 | 2,158 | #115 |
| 1938 | 2,282 | #113 |
| 1937 | 2,345 | #107 |
| 1936 | 2,320 | #103 |
| 1935 | 2,199 | #108 |
| 1934 | 2,227 | #109 |
| 1933 | 2,004 | #115 |
| 1932 | 2,121 | #114 |
| 1931 | 2,224 | #106 |
| 1930 | 2,378 | #110 |
| 1929 | 2,558 | #98 |
| 1928 | 2,644 | #102 |
| 1927 | 2,929 | #91 |
| 1926 | 2,928 | #92 |
| 1925 | 2,964 | #96 |
| 1924 | 3,070 | #93 |
| 1923 | 2,976 | #95 |
| 1922 | 2,939 | #96 |
| 1921 | 2,862 | #100 |
| 1920 | 2,718 | #100 |
| 1919 | 2,346 | #103 |
| 1918 | 2,264 | #110 |
| 1917 | 2,147 | #106 |
| 1916 | 1,858 | #118 |
| 1915 | 1,493 | #132 |
| 1914 | 920 | #159 |
| 1913 | 614 | #184 |
| 1912 | 470 | #203 |
| 1911 | 336 | #211 |
| 1910 | 258 | #240 |
| 1909 | 216 | #240 |
| 1908 | 199 | #242 |
| 1907 | 168 | #266 |
| 1906 | 161 | #258 |
| 1905 | 124 | #301 |
| 1904 | 120 | #294 |
| 1903 | 101 | #310 |
| 1902 | 91 | #324 |
| 1901 | 86 | #326 |
| 1900 | 85 | #365 |
| 1899 | 77 | #339 |
| 1898 | 81 | #345 |
| 1897 | 59 | #376 |
| 1896 | 46 | #424 |
| 1895 | 44 | #426 |
| 1894 | 36 | #463 |
| 1893 | 32 | #473 |
| 1892 | 35 | #460 |
| 1891 | 13 | #750 |
| 1890 | 15 | #693 |
| 1889 | 20 | #567 |
| 1888 | 14 | #690 |
| 1887 | 15 | #586 |
| 1886 | 15 | #572 |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
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