Aileene — girls' name
392 babies named Aileene in U.S. Social Security records since 1889, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Aileene was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Aileene in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aileene
The Social Security Administration has registered 392 babies named Aileene between 1889 and 2020, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aileene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aileene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Aileene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aileene in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aileene in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 392 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aileene at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aileene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1889
- Peak year (1925)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 132 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
392 total births across 132 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 21 births in a single year.
Aileene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 154 births that decade — 39% of Aileene's all-time total
Aileene decade highlights
- Peak decade 154 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Aileene's strongest decade
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Aileene by state
Where Aileene concentrates geographically — total births since 1889
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 392 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1889–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.