Ileen
Ileen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 192451 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1895
- 2,152people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,152 girls have been named Ileen in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 51 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1947, and the 1920s alone account for 20%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ileen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 20 | |
| 1910s | 201 | |
| 1920s | 422 | |
| 1930s | 236 | |
| 1940s | 271 | |
| 1950s | 208 | |
| 1960s | 148 | |
| 1970s | 61 | |
| 1980s | 79 | |
| 1990s | 113 | |
| 2000s | 224 | |
| 2010s | 143 | |
| 2020s | 21 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Ileen was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1924 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Betty and Margaret. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Ileen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Meriampeak 1923
- Ailenepeak 1926
- Domingapeak 1925
- Audrypeak 1928
- Charlinepeak 1928
- Maxinepeak 1924
- Wanitapeak 1924
- Carmellapeak 1922
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.