The name Eileen is of Irish Gaelic origin, and means shining or bright.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Eileen has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Eileen
Use of the Name Eileen for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
181,089
62,307
11,712
3,905
1,923
742
356
The table below indicates the number of times the name Eileen has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Eileen first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1882, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Eileen
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1882
840
6
1883
956
5
1884
1885
958
6
1886
579
15
1887
593
15
1888
695
14
1889
578
20
1890
700
15
1891
760
13
1892
461
35
1893
477
32
1894
465
36
1895
428
44
1896
425
46
1897
376
59
1898
345
81
1899
340
77
1900
368
85
1901
322
87
1902
325
91
1903
311
101
1904
294
120
1905
302
124
1906
258
161
1907
266
168
1908
242
199
1909
240
216
1910
240
258
1911
213
332
1912
202
470
1913
183
613
1914
158
918
1915
132
1,493
1916
118
1,857
1917
107
2,144
1918
110
2,262
1919
103
2,344
1920
100
2,716
1921
100
2,862
1922
96
2,936
1923
95
2,980
1924
93
3,070
1925
96
2,964
1926
92
2,924
1927
91
2,927
1928
102
2,642
1929
98
2,557
1930
109
2,376
1931
106
2,226
1932
114
2,114
1933
115
2,004
1934
109
2,222
1935
108
2,199
1936
103
2,319
1937
107
2,342
1938
113
2,283
1939
115
2,158
1940
125
2,033
1941
121
2,190
1942
88
3,116
1943
68
4,084
1944
73
3,641
1945
70
3,635
1946
80
4,163
1947
91
4,240
1948
91
3,832
1949
95
3,724
1950
91
3,883
1951
95
3,814
1952
100
3,735
1953
107
3,630
1954
115
3,679
1955
120
3,505
1956
123
3,438
1957
120
3,713
1958
125
3,524
1959
127
3,623
1960
130
3,495
1961
131
3,490
1962
139
3,057
1963
141
2,938
1964
153
2,584
1965
157
2,417
1966
168
2,042
1967
179
1,793
1968
197
1,580
1969
211
1,475
1970
245
1,281
1971
276
1,036
1972
278
921
1973
281
869
1974
308
761
1975
336
663
1976
369
560
1977
348
633
1978
344
630
1979
386
567
1980
377
614
1981
387
583
1982
400
580
1983
332
690
1984
372
613
1985
403
559
1986
409
537
1987
465
469
1988
440
514
1989
467
524
1990
464
527
1991
553
424
1992
579
403
1993
585
401
1994
608
369
1995
604
371
1996
615
372
1997
597
379
1998
554
447
1999
592
413
2000
628
400
2001
623
402
2002
667
379
2003
677
386
2004
733
356
Totals:
181,089
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Eileen as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Eileen appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 122 times during the last 125 years.