Aileen

What Aileen means

Variant of Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”

variant of Eileen || Sometimes also used for the Irish name Éibhleann, possibly from Old Irish oíph (“radiance, beauty”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Aileen” (revision 93486853) and “Eileen” (revision 90815526), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Aileen?

US: Falling: down from #514 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #3252 in 2015, #3035 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1926, when 534 girls got the name (#289 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 4,727 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 31,660 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CA (0.53 per 1,000 girls), TX (0.52 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.47 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Aileen is #799 in the US and #3035 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Aileen were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Eileen437 US · 44 E&W
• Ayleen313 US · 29 E&W
• Ailyn169 US · 4 E&W
• Aylen125 US
• Ailen86 US
• Aleen50 US · 15 E&W
• Eleen35 US · 19 E&W
• Ailin40 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Aileen

Girls

• Allie#569Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #255 in 2015, #569 in 2025
• Kira#385Editor’s note Down from #361 in 2015 to #385 in 2025 in the US
• Ashlynn#980Variant of Ashlyn, meaning “dream, vision”^*
• Anya#375Editor’s note Up from #550 in 2015 to #375 in 2025 in the US
• Fiona#470“fair, white”^*
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records

For a brother

• Gavin#303Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #70 in 2015, #303 in 2025
• Ivan#162Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Aidan#326“fire”^*
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Ayden#257Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Aileen’s. Rank is US 2025.