Ileen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-LEEN
- Origin
- Irish
Ileen is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ileen mean?
Irish: variant of Eileen
A spelling of Eileen, the English form of the Irish Eibhlín.
Is Ileen a girl's or a boy's name?
Ileen is a girls' name.
How popular is Ileen in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1924, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.
Half of all the girls named Ileen in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ileen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,863 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,059 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,819 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,595 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,650 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,340 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,948 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,199 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,793 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,068 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,952 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,460 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,558 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,331 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,454 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,993 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,591 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,954 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,745 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,947 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,630 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,640 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,550 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,651 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,513 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,684 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,314 |
| 1930 | 31 | #1,371 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,256 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,365 |
| 1927 | 34 | #1,383 |
| 1926 | 46 | #1,115 |
| 1925 | 51 | #1,064 |
| 1924 | 51 | #1,096 |
| 1923 | 44 | #1,158 |
| 1922 | 50 | #1,078 |
| 1921 | 38 | #1,258 |
| 1920 | 41 | #1,190 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,325 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,184 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,241 |
| 1916 | 32 | #1,278 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,475 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,603 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,163 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
Names like Ileen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eileen, Aileen, Irene, Kathleen, Helen, Evelyn, Colleen, Elaine, Ruby, Vivian, Maxine, Clara
Names related to Ileen
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, “Ileen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ileen, updated 20 October 2026.