Eileen is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1947 and has since faded.
Eileen is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #654 for girl births in the United States (and #1,291 across all names), given to 437 babies. Eileen was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1947 (4,251 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 437 | 437 | #654 | — |
| 2024 | 511 | 511 | #592 | — |
| 2023 | 444 | 444 | #663 | — |
| 2022 | 476 | 476 | #621 | — |
| 2021 | 440 | 440 | #671 | — |
| 2020 | 401 | 401 | #701 | — |
| 2019 | 413 | 413 | #701 | — |
| 2018 | 439 | 439 | #669 | — |
| 2017 | 421 | 421 | #692 | — |
| 2016 | 390 | 390 | #728 | — |
| 2015 | 408 | 408 | #698 | — |
| 2014 | 391 | 391 | #717 | — |
| 2013 | 360 | 360 | #752 | — |
| 2012 | 324 | 324 | #829 | — |
| 2011 | 369 | 369 | #748 | — |
| 2010 | 321 | 321 | #838 | — |
| 2009 | 347 | 347 | #815 | — |
| 2008 | 386 | 386 | #764 | — |
| 2007 | 396 | 396 | #735 | — |
| 2006 | 355 | 360 | #778 | — |
| 2005 | 381 | 381 | #717 | — |
| 2004 | 358 | 358 | #737 | — |
| 2003 | 389 | 389 | #678 | — |
| 2002 | 380 | 385 | #667 | — |
| 2001 | 407 | 412 | #619 | — |
| 2000 | 402 | 412 | #625 | — |
| 1999 | 414 | 414 | #593 | — |
| 1998 | 450 | 457 | #552 | — |
| 1997 | 377 | — | #601 | — |
| 1996 | 373 | — | #614 | — |
| 1995 | 372 | — | #604 | — |
| 1994 | 368 | — | #609 | — |
| 1993 | 401 | — | #588 | — |
| 1992 | 403 | — | #579 | — |
| 1991 | 422 | — | #554 | — |
| 1990 | 529 | — | #461 | — |
| 1989 | 531 | — | #467 | #6,415 |
| 1988 | 515 | — | #440 | — |
| 1987 | 471 | — | #464 | — |
| 1986 | 534 | — | #413 | — |
| 1985 | 560 | — | #403 | — |
| 1984 | 614 | — | #373 | — |
| 1983 | 689 | — | #333 | — |
| 1982 | 584 | — | #397 | — |
| 1981 | 585 | — | #386 | — |
| 1980 | 613 | — | #377 | — |
| 1979 | 575 | — | #386 | #6,330 |
| 1978 | 629 | — | #345 | — |
| 1977 | 635 | — | #350 | #6,140 |
| 1976 | 564 | — | #369 | — |
| 1975 | 662 | — | #336 | — |
| 1974 | 759 | — | #308 | — |
| 1973 | 865 | — | #283 | — |
| 1972 | 918 | — | #279 | — |
| 1971 | 1,043 | — | #277 | #4,098 |
| 1970 | 1,282 | — | #245 | — |
| 1969 | 1,475 | — | #212 | — |
| 1968 | 1,586 | — | #197 | #3,185 |
| 1967 | 1,800 | — | #180 | #3,348 |
| 1966 | 2,039 | — | #168 | — |
| 1965 | 2,425 | — | #157 | #3,333 |
| 1964 | 2,594 | — | #153 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 2,949 | — | #141 | #2,452 |
| 1962 | 3,062 | — | #139 | #4,229 |
| 1961 | 3,490 | — | #131 | — |
| 1960 | 3,506 | — | #130 | #2,739 |
| 1959 | 3,636 | — | #126 | #3,370 |
| 1958 | 3,534 | — | #125 | #3,108 |
| 1957 | 3,722 | — | #120 | #2,415 |
| 1956 | 3,458 | — | #123 | #3,643 |
| 1955 | 3,514 | — | #120 | #2,468 |
| 1954 | 3,685 | — | #115 | #3,983 |
| 1953 | 3,637 | — | #108 | #2,979 |
| 1952 | 3,747 | — | #100 | #3,882 |
| 1951 | 3,824 | — | #95 | #2,903 |
| 1950 | 3,891 | — | #91 | #2,843 |
| 1949 | 3,732 | — | #95 | #2,498 |
| 1948 | 3,843 | — | #91 | #3,829 |
| 1947 | 4,267 | — | #91 | #1,941 |
| 1946 | 4,179 | — | #80 | #2,313 |
| 1945 | 3,643 | — | #70 | #3,096 |
| 1944 | 3,658 | — | #73 | #2,511 |
| 1943 | 4,109 | — | #68 | #1,786 |
| 1942 | 3,120 | — | #88 | #2,184 |
| 1941 | 2,208 | — | #121 | #2,117 |
| 1940 | 2,044 | — | #125 | #2,373 |
| 1939 | 2,169 | — | #115 | #2,200 |
| 1938 | 2,287 | — | #113 | #3,672 |
| 1937 | 2,354 | — | #107 | #2,541 |
| 1936 | 2,334 | — | #103 | #1,903 |
| 1935 | 2,207 | — | #108 | #2,774 |
| 1934 | 2,234 | — | #109 | #3,061 |
| 1933 | 2,011 | — | #115 | #3,092 |
| 1932 | 2,129 | — | #114 | #2,918 |
| 1931 | 2,237 | — | #106 | #2,131 |
| 1930 | 2,387 | — | #110 | #2,831 |
| 1929 | 2,563 | — | #98 | #4,133 |
| 1928 | 2,652 | — | #102 | #3,163 |
| 1927 | 2,935 | — | #91 | #3,894 |
| 1926 | 2,928 | — | #92 | — |
| 1925 | 2,969 | — | #96 | #4,391 |
| 1924 | 3,070 | — | #93 | — |
| 1923 | 2,976 | — | #95 | — |
| 1922 | 2,944 | — | #96 | #4,490 |
| 1921 | 2,868 | — | #100 | #3,995 |
| 1920 | 2,718 | — | #100 | — |
| 1919 | 2,352 | — | #103 | #3,852 |
| 1918 | 2,264 | — | #110 | — |
| 1917 | 2,153 | — | #106 | #3,666 |
| 1916 | 1,858 | — | #118 | — |
| 1915 | 1,493 | — | #132 | — |
| 1914 | 920 | — | #159 | — |
| 1913 | 614 | — | #184 | — |
| 1912 | 470 | — | #203 | — |
| 1911 | 336 | — | #211 | — |
| 1910 | 258 | — | #240 | — |
| 1909 | 216 | — | #240 | — |
| 1908 | 199 | — | #242 | — |
| 1907 | 168 | — | #266 | — |
| 1906 | 161 | — | #258 | — |
| 1905 | 124 | — | #301 | — |
| 1904 | 120 | — | #294 | — |
| 1903 | 101 | — | #311 | — |
| 1902 | 91 | — | #325 | — |
| 1901 | 86 | — | #326 | — |
| 1900 | 85 | — | #367 | — |
| 1899 | 77 | — | #340 | — |
| 1898 | 81 | — | #345 | — |
| 1897 | 59 | — | #376 | — |
| 1896 | 46 | — | #425 | — |
| 1895 | 44 | — | #428 | — |
| 1894 | 36 | — | #465 | — |
| 1893 | 32 | — | #477 | — |
| 1892 | 35 | — | #461 | — |
| 1891 | 13 | — | #760 | — |
| 1890 | 15 | — | #700 | — |
| 1889 | 20 | — | #578 | — |
| 1888 | 14 | — | #695 | — |
| 1887 | 15 | — | #593 | — |
| 1886 | 15 | — | #579 | — |
| 1885 | 6 | — | #957 | — |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #956 | — |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #840 | — |