Eileen Girl
How popular is Eileen?
#654 girl name in 2025
437 baby girls were named Eileen in the US in 2025, making it the 654th most popular girl name.
Eileen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #654 for girls (▼ 62 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 437 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #697 in 2015, #701 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1947 (4,251 girls) |
| Highest rank | #68 in 1943 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Eileen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eileen family of names ranked #605 for girls in 2025 (#550 the year before), with 461 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Eileen | 437 | 95% |
| Eyleen | 24 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Eileen is most popular
Babies named Eileen per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.5 per 1,000 (206 girls)
- California: 0.5 per 1,000 (421 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.5 per 1,000 (85 girls)
- Washington: 0.4 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- Virginia: 0.4 per 1,000 (70 girls)
Eileen by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 81 | #567 |
| 1890s | 438 | #339 |
| 1900s | 1,351 | #240 |
| 1910s | 12,706 | #103 |
| 1920s | 28,588 | #91 |
| 1930s | 22,258 | #103 |
| 1940s | 34,695 | #68 |
| 1950s | 36,570 | #91 |
| 1960s | 24,868 | #130 |
| 1970s | 7,915 | #245 |
| 1980s | 5,689 | #332 |
| 1990s | 4,109 | #460 |
| 2000s | 3,801 | #619 |
| 2010s | 3,836 | #669 |
| 2020s | 2,709 | #592 |
Girl names about as popular as Eileen
Questions
- Is Eileen a boy or girl name?
- Eileen is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Eileen were girls.
- How popular is the name Eileen?
- 437 baby girls were named Eileen in the US in 2025, making it the 654th most popular girl name.
- When was Eileen most popular?
- Eileen peaked in 1947, when 4,251 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #68 in 1943.
- How many people are named Eileen?
- 190,020 babies have been named Eileen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 108,165 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 68.
- Where is Eileen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Eileen was most common in New York, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.