Eileen
Eileen is ranked 593rd among girls in 2024 (508 births). Its best rank was 68th, in 1943.
- Rank in 2024
- #593up 69 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5080.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 19474,251 births
- Best rank
- #68in 1943
- Since 1882
- 189,170people given the name
The story in the numbers
189,170 girls have been named Eileen in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 4,251 births — 0.24% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 717 → 593).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1950s alone account for 19%. It has spent 142 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 20 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Eileen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 81 | |
| 1890s | 438 | |
| 1900s | 1,351 | |
| 1910s | 12,706 | |
| 1920s | 28,588 | |
| 1930s | 22,258 | |
| 1940s | 34,694 | |
| 1950s | 36,569 | |
| 1960s | 24,867 | |
| 1970s | 7,916 | |
| 1980s | 5,689 | |
| 1990s | 4,109 | |
| 2000s | 3,801 | |
| 2010s | 3,835 | |
| 2020s | 2,268 |
In 1947, its biggest year
Eileen was the 91st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1947 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Sandra. See all of 1947.
Names that rose and fell with Eileen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ritapeak 1949
- Ilenepeak 1950
- Jeannepeak 1947
- Dorethapeak 1956
- Georgettapeak 1946
- Madonnapeak 1954
- Redapeak 1955
- Vernettepeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.