Aileen

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Aileen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Aileen: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #81 in 1983, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
127times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#81highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Aileen's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1802
1998	#1697
1999	#3900
2000	#2416
2001	#2466
2002	#2301
2003	#1996
2004	#2802
2005	#3382
2006	#3116
2007	#3667
2008	#3860
2009	#4564
2010	#3156
2011	#5785
2012	#3681
2013	#2649
2014	#3514
2015	#3252
2016	#2367
2017	#2341
2018	#2674
2019	#2869
2020	#2449
2021	#4634
2022	#3148
2023	#2201
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 59 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #556 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2411 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #100 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #81 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1983 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aileen appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 59 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 2,499 births with the name.

Aileen across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Aileen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#100 (1964)	#81 (1983)	#718 (2025)	59 of 62	2,499 (1964–2025)	103 (1976)
Norway · Girls	#532 (1967)	#398 (2016)	#464 (2019)	30 of 53	169 (1967–2019)	9 (2016)
England and Wales · Girls	#1434 (1996)	#1434 (1996)	#2411 (2024)	29 of 29	214 (1996–2024)	12 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#221 (1997)	#221 (1997)	#434 (2018)	9 of 22	37 (1997–2018)	7 (1997)

Aileen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Aileen in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	420	6 of 10	70
1970sbusiest	855	10 of 10	86
1980s	729	10 of 10	73
1990s	324	10 of 10	32
2000s	92	10 of 10	9
2010s	56	8 of 10	7
2020s	23	5 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 86 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1983 and 1984, when recorded births fell by 31, from 101 to 70.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Aileen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #81 in Republic of Ireland in 1983.

Aileen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#230	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#221	7	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#464	5	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#505	4	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#398	9	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#510	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#495	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#510	6	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#499	6	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#584	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#525	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#558	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#480	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#566	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#517	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#517	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#531	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#545	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#513	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#589	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#582	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#563	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#478	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#512	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#473	7	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#541	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#449	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#449	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#407	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#567	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#535	4	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#532	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#556	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	13	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	14	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	13	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#239	14	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	12	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	21	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	30	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	30	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	27	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	41	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	37	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#129	42	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	37	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#118	47	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#131	40	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	50	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#104	66	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	68	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#94	76	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#103	70	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#81	101	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	73	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#88	93	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	92	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#86	95	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#103	82	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#97	81	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#83	103	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	74	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#104	85	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#89	93	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#91	90	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	72	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#99	80	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#88	86	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#95	72	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#103	60	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#82	77	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#103	62	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#100	63	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #81, first reached in 1983.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 103 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1976.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1967, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Ailin · #298, 52y
Ailis · #293, 46y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Virginia · #82, 57y
Conall · #77, 60y
Pearse · #85, 60y
Chris · #87, 59y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Bartholomew · #81, 59y
Erica · #81, 59y
Daragh · #80, 62y
Dolores · #80, 56y

Aileen was ranked #81 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1983. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aileen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Aileen without appearing here.

Aileen moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2201 and #5687.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Aileen

Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1785.
Riley Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1697 and #1823 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #1805.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2649 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1628.
Ada Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1697 and #3142 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #2189.

Moved the opposite way to Aileen

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aileen went from #100 to #718 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aileen went from #100 to #718 while Charlotte went from #171 to #43.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aileen went from #100 to #718 while Clodagh went from #149 to #47.
Emily Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aileen went from #100 to #718 while Emily went from #180 to #6.

Moved the same way as Aileen

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aileen went from #100 to #718 and Audrey from #85 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aileen went from #100 to #718 and Eileen from #17 to #443.
Ida Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aileen went from #100 to #718 and Ida from #372 to #885.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aileen went from #100 to #718 and Julia from #42 to #118.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #81 in Republic of Ireland in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aileen

Aileen at a glance

What stands out in Aileen's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aileen across 4 official records

Aileen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aileen appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Aileen

Aileen and the names beside it

Aileen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aileen

Moved the opposite way to Aileen

Moved the same way as Aileen

Aileen at a glance

What stands out in Aileen's record

Aileen across 4 official records

Aileen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aileen appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Aileen

Aileen and the names beside it

Aileen moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aileen

Moved the opposite way to Aileen

Moved the same way as Aileen