Eilen — #16780 US girls' name
33 babies named Eilen in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 5% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Eilen was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Eilen in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eilen
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Eilen between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eilen currently holds the #16780 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eilen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Eilen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eilen 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 33 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.
Eilen at a glance
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Current rank
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Eilen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2017)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #16780 among girls.
33 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 6 births in a single year.
Eilen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 17 births that decade — 52% of Eilen's all-time total
Eilen decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Eilen's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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, 2011–2024 (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.