Eileen

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Eileen is an Irish feminine given name anglicised from Eibhlรญn, 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 1947 and has been recorded in 61 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1998 with 27 babies (rank #454 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Eileen

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

452
Total babies (all years)
61
Years in the data
27
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19472#18
19511#165
19525#550
19531#1,096
19541#1,120
19551#1,134
19561#1,146
19571#1,155
19581#1,187
19601#1,243
19613#1,004
19623#1,018
19631#1,281
19641#1,270
19651#1,302
19661#1,321
19671#1,348
19688#790
19694#1,021
19707#839
19714#1,020
19733#1,057
19747#784
19755#910
19765#903
19774#966
19783#1,106
19793#1,132
19807#822
19823#1,158
198314#593
19846#906
19858#805
198613#655
19878#832
19888#837
19897#892
199016#629
199116#654
199224#498
199320#565
199421#541
199525#473
199620#539
199720#539
199827#454
199914#661
20009#850
200117#585
200213#691
20038#857
200413#656
200510#738
20066#943
20075#1,012
20082#1,349
20092#1,325
20104#1,032
20121#1,254
20131#1,363
20145#819