# Aileen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aileen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 37,642 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 37,637 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 222, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 633 | 467 |
| 2012 | 603 | 506 |
| 2013 | 479 | 593 |
| 2014 | 541 | 567 |
| 2015 | 609 | 514 |
| 2016 | 500 | 602 |
| 2017 | 456 | 648 |
| 2018 | 437 | 671 |
| 2019 | 452 | 643 |
| 2020 | 404 | 696 |
| 2021 | 429 | 678 |
| 2022 | 407 | 720 |
| 2023 | 352 | 799 |
| 2024 | 391 | 720 |
| 2025 | 340 | 799 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 12,342 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## People named Aileen

- Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (1956–2002)
- Aileen Baviera, Filipino sinologist
- Aileen Riggin, American diver, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist (1906–2002)
- Aileen Quinn, American actress, singer and dancer
- Aileen Pringle, American actress (1895–1989)
- Aileen Meagher, athletics competitor (1910-1987)
- Aileen Osborn Webb, American patron of the arts, founder of Craft Horizons and American Craft Council (1892-19
- Aileen Hernandez, American union organizer and civil rights activist (1926–2017)
- Aileen Allen, American diver (1888–1950)
- Aileen Manning, American film actress (1886–1946)
- Aileen Fox, English archaeologist (1907-2005)
- Clarissa Dickson Wright, English celebrity chef, television personality, businesswoman and formerly a barrister (19

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.