Eilee — #7484 US girls' name
293 babies named Eilee in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Eilee was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Eilee in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eilee
The Social Security Administration has registered 293 babies named Eilee between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eilee currently holds the #7484 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eilee performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Eilee shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Eilee in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eilee 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 293 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.
Eilee at a glance
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Current rank
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Eilee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2017)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #7484 among girls.
293 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 27 births in a single year.
Eilee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 151 births that decade — 52% of Eilee's all-time total
Eilee decade highlights
- Peak decade 151 births
- Runner-up 91 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Eilee's strongest decade
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Eilee by state
Where Eilee concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 6 | 2.0% |
6 of 293 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 2.0% 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, 2005–2024 (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.