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How popular is the name Eileen?
Births per year, rank history and how many Eileens are alive today.
Eileen (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 816th in 2025 with 44 given the name. The name peaked in 1924, when around 8,800 babies were given the name, the 10th most popular that year. It has declined since 1924; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 180,000 babies have been named Eileen in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Eileen you are most likely to meet is around 83 years old. Half of all Eileens born in England and Wales are between 66 and 90, and there are at least 48,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 14% chance that at least one of them will be called Eileen.
How many babies are named Eileen each year?
Where does Eileen rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Eileen most popular?
Eileen peaked in 1924, when around 8,800 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Eileen?
At least 48,000 people named Eileen born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Eileen?
Most living Eileens are between 66 and 90; the most common age is about 83.
Is Eileen becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.