Eilene
Eilene is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 194654 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1909
- 2,077people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,077 girls have been named Eilene in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1946, with 54 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1940s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Eilene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 146 | |
| 1920s | 344 | |
| 1930s | 339 | |
| 1940s | 387 | |
| 1950s | 286 | |
| 1960s | 191 | |
| 1970s | 78 | |
| 1980s | 85 | |
| 1990s | 58 | |
| 2000s | 74 | |
| 2010s | 55 | |
| 2020s | 29 |
In 1946, its biggest year
Eilene was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1946 were Mary, Linda, Patricia, Barbara and Carol. See all of 1946.
Names that rose and fell with Eilene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Charlynepeak 1946
- Rosemarypeak 1947
- Ilenepeak 1950
- Glennispeak 1947
- Hortenciapeak 1925
- Annellepeak 1947
- Nadenepeak 1930
- Marvispeak 1924
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.