Eilene
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-LEEN
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Eilene is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Eilene come from?
Irish: variant of Eileen, from Irish Eibhlín
Is Eilene a girl's or a boy's name?
Eilene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eilene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Eilene, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1946, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
2025 had more girls named Eilene than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Eilene in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 538 girls in the US were given Eilene or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #555, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Eilene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,411 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,251 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,149 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,431 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,233 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,116 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,822 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,939 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,874 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1952 | 40 | #1,522 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,834 |
| 1949 | 49 | #1,303 |
| 1948 | 53 | #1,249 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,376 |
| 1946 | 54 | #1,164 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,331 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,314 |
| 1943 | 38 | #1,326 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,533 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,549 |
| 1939 | 36 | #1,221 |
| 1938 | 43 | #1,091 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,219 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,345 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,219 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,372 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,442 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,346 |
| 1931 | 40 | #1,127 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,210 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,554 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,238 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,331 |
| 1926 | 45 | #1,133 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,225 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,354 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,637 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,309 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,298 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,626 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,745 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,451 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,298 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,622 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
Names like Eilene
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elaine Irene Lorraine Maxine Bonnie June Jane Eloise Corinne Nadine Anne Louise
Other spellings of Eilene
Names related to Eilene
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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, “Eilene: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eilene, updated 20 October 2026.