Aileen Girl
How popular is Aileen?
#799 girl name in 2025
340 baby girls were named Aileen in the US in 2025, making it the 799th most popular girl name.
Aileen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #799 for girls (▼ 79 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 340 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #514 in 2015, #696 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (685 girls) |
| Highest rank | #289 in 1926 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aileen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aileen family of names ranked #428 for girls in 2025 (#398 the year before), with 703 babies in all.
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 Aileen is most popular
Babies named Aileen per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.6 per 1,000 (504 girls)
- Texas: 0.6 per 1,000 (444 girls)
- Arizona: 0.4 per 1,000 (59 girls)
- Illinois: 0.4 per 1,000 (84 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (60 girls)
Aileen by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 63 | #686 |
| 1890s | 332 | #416 |
| 1900s | 818 | #336 |
| 1910s | 2,831 | #293 |
| 1920s | 4,648 | #289 |
| 1930s | 2,157 | #361 |
| 1940s | 1,629 | #515 |
| 1950s | 1,957 | #590 |
| 1960s | 2,308 | #610 |
| 1970s | 1,781 | #668 |
| 1980s | 2,356 | #660 |
| 1990s | 3,258 | #486 |
| 2000s | 5,821 | #454 |
| 2010s | 5,355 | #467 |
| 2020s | 2,323 | #678 |
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Questions
- Is Aileen a boy or girl name?
- Aileen is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aileen were girls.
- How popular is the name Aileen?
- 340 baby girls were named Aileen in the US in 2025, making it the 799th most popular girl name.
- When was Aileen most popular?
- Aileen peaked in 2009, when 685 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #289 in 1926.
- How many people are named Aileen?
- 37,642 babies have been named Aileen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 26,030 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Aileen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aileen was most common in California, at 0.6 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.