Eileen

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Eileen is an Irish feminine given name anglicised from Eibhlín, an Irish form of the Norman French name Aveline, which is derived from the Germanic Avi, possibly meaning desire in combination with the diminutive suffix el and -in.

From Wikipedia

Eileen first appears in the data in 1882 and has been recorded in 142 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1947 with 4,251 babies (rank #91 that year). In 2024 it was given to 508 girls (rank #593). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Eileen

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Eileen yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

189,576
Total babies (all years)
142
Years in the data
4,251
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18826#840
18835#956
18856#957
188615#579
188715#593
188814#695
188920#578
189015#700
189113#760
189235#461
189332#477
189436#465
189544#428
189646#425
189759#376
189881#345
189977#340
190085#367
190186#326
190291#325
1903101#311
1904120#294
1905124#301
1906161#258
1907168#266
1908199#242
1909216#240
1910258#240
1911336#211
1912470#203
1913614#184
1914920#159
19151,493#132
19161,858#118
19172,147#106
19182,264#110
19192,346#103
19202,718#100
19212,862#100
19222,939#96
19232,976#95
19243,070#93
19252,964#96
19262,928#92
19272,929#91
19282,644#102
19292,558#98
19302,378#110
19312,224#106
19322,121#114
19332,004#115
19342,227#109
19352,199#108
19362,320#103
19372,344#107
19382,283#113
19392,158#115
19402,034#125
19412,196#121
19423,107#88
19434,092#68
19443,649#73
19453,637#70
19464,168#80
19474,251#91
19483,838#91
19493,722#95
19503,883#91
19513,816#95
19523,742#100
19533,629#108
19543,680#115
19553,503#120
19563,451#123
19573,710#120
19583,526#125
19593,629#126
19603,496#130
19613,489#131
19623,058#139
19632,936#141
19642,585#153
19652,418#157
19662,039#168
19671,793#180
19681,578#197
19691,475#212
19701,282#245
19711,036#277
1972918#279
1973865#283
1974759#308
1975662#336
1976564#369
1977631#350
1978629#345
1979570#386
1980613#377
1981585#386
1982584#396
1983689#333
1984614#373
1985560#403
1986534#413
1987471#464
1988515#440
1989524#467
1990529#462
1991422#554
1992403#579
1993401#588
1994368#609
1995372#604
1996373#614
1997377#601
1998450#552
1999414#593
2000402#625
2001407#619
2002380#667
2003389#678
2004358#737
2005381#717
2006355#778
2007396#735
2008386#763
2009347#814
2010321#838
2011369#748
2012324#829
2013359#756
2014391#717
2015408#697
2016390#728
2017421#692
2018439#669
2019413#701
2020401#701
2021440#671
2022475#622
2023444#662
2024508#593