Eilean — girls' name
24 babies named Eilean in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1932. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Eilean was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Eilean in 1932 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eilean
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Eilean between 1923 and 1958, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eilean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eilean performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Eilean shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eilean 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 24 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.
Eilean at a glance
Last recorded 1958Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eilean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1923
- Peak year (1932)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1958.
24 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1932 with 7 births in a single year.
Eilean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 11 births that decade — 46% of Eilean's all-time total
Eilean decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Eilean's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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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, 1923–1958 (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.