Total births
40
Girls' name · since 2011
Eilen
40 babies named Eilen in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16837
- among girls today
- 40
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 5%
- more common than other girls
Yes -- Eilen is the #16837 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 40 recorded since 2011.
Eilen has 40 recorded births among girls since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16837 as of the latest data, more common than 5% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #16837 among girls today
- 40 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
- 5% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Eilen is currently the #16837 girls' name in America, more common than 5% of girls - 40 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16837
- among girls today
- 40
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 5%
- more common than other girls
Eilen vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#16837
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 5% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
60% of everyone ever named Eilen was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
7 babies were named Eilen in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
How Eilen compares
40 13th percentile among 17,726 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Eilen's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eilen | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 40 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 48 | 19,840 |
Eilen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eilen's full recorded timeline at 2022, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eilen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2025
Current rank
#16,837
Active since
2011
Eilen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Eilen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Eilen's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Eilen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (60% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Eilen? ▼
40 babies have been named Eilen since 2011. It currently ranks #16837 among girls. The peak year was 2025 with 7 births.
When was Eilen most popular? ▼
Eilen was most popular in the 2020s decade with 24 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Eilen been used? ▼
Records for Eilen go back to 2011, giving 15 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Eilen? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Eileen, Eilene, Eila, Eiley, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Eilen
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Eilen: #16837 Girls' Name - 40 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/eilen. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eilen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.