Eleen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LEEN
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,642 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Eleen is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
Where does Eleen come from?
Irish: probably a spelling of Eileen
Is Eleen a girl's or a boy's name?
Eleen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eleen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,642among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 118% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Eleen, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th.
2025 had the most girls named Eleen of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
Half of all the girls named Eleen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.
Eleen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
How popular is Eleen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Eleen, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Eleen in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eleen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 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 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,307 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
Names like Eleen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Orla Elodie Fiadh Isla Nova Eden Eireann Rowan Evie Evelyn Lyra Eileen
Names related to Eleen
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy Callan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Eleen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eleen, updated 20 October 2026.