Eilene
Eilene was given to 10 girls in 2025, #9,622 among girls’ names; 2,087 Americans have been recorded with it since 1909 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,080 Americans named Eilene and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (52% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 43 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eilene by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Eilene?
#9,622 among girls’ names, 2025
Eilene rose from #12,152 in 2015 to #9,622 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 4.5 to 6.2 per million.
54 babies in 1946, the peak
Eilene peaked in 1946, when 54 girls were given it, #1,167 among girls’ names. The 10 births of 2025 are 19% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,622 | 6.2 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,522 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,601 | 5.5 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,908 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,377 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,625 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,971 | 2.8 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,152 | 4.5 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,469 | 3.9 |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,159 | 3.4 |
Every recorded year (108)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | #15,497 | 3.4 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,489 | 4.5 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,527 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,797 | 3.3 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,316 | 2.6 |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,437 | 2.6 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,098 | 5.8 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,124 | 5.4 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,690 | 4.9 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,156 | 8.3 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,042 | 3.3 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,161 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,720 | 5.1 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,507 | 5.1 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,397 | 2.9 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,335 | 5.7 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,214 | 3.4 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,933 | 5.0 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,782 | 2.7 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,585 | 2.6 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,237 | 3.3 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,680 | 7.9 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,831 | 2.9 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,879 | 3.5 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,596 | 4.1 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,586 | 4.8 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,944 | 8.4 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,486 | 5.9 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,594 | 4.8 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,392 | 4.2 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,503 | 5.0 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,125 | 5.2 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,756 | 4.6 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,437 | 4.1 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,098 | 6.2 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,278 | 6.9 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,745 | 4.6 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,654 | 5.4 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,096 | 8.0 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,159 | 5.3 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,278 | 6.7 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,898 | 7.3 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,295 | 8.9 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,451 | 7.9 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,428 | 13.7 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,268 | 14.5 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,622 | 11.2 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,162 | 14.9 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,458 | 11.9 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,247 | 12.8 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,127 | 13.9 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,842 | 8.3 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,557 | 10.0 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,952 | 15.3 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,885 | 16.0 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,036 | 13.8 |
| 1952 | 40 | #1,527 | 21.6 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,468 | 22.8 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,843 | 15.8 |
| 1949 | 49 | #1,306 | 28.6 |
| 1948 | 53 | #1,253 | 31.2 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,381 | 25.4 |
| 1946 | 54 | #1,167 | 34.4 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,336 | 27.5 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,320 | 27.9 |
| 1943 | 38 | #1,330 | 27.2 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,539 | 21.5 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,760 | 17.4 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,559 | 21.9 |
| 1939 | 36 | #1,228 | 32.8 |
| 1938 | 43 | #1,098 | 39.0 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,225 | 32.9 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,352 | 27.9 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,228 | 32.4 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,380 | 26.8 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,449 | 25.8 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,355 | 28.1 |
| 1931 | 40 | #1,132 | 37.6 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,215 | 33.7 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,567 | 22.4 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,241 | 32.9 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,338 | 30.2 |
| 1926 | 45 | #1,137 | 38.0 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,232 | 32.9 |
| 1924 | 36 | #1,362 | 28.8 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,645 | 21.6 |
| 1922 | 36 | #1,315 | 30.0 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,311 | 29.2 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,633 | 21.7 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,763 | 19.5 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,461 | 25.1 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,729 | 19.4 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,305 | 29.7 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,637 | 21.3 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,480 | 11.8 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,385 | 12.8 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,575 | 12.0 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,300 | 14.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Eilene a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Eilene has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 108 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Eilene: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eilene, and how old are they?
1,080 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 52% of the 2,087 Americans ever recorded as Eilene. The median Eilene alive today is 66 years old; half are between 43 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 1,312 people named Eilene (1,310 women and girls, 2 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,218 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 174 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 465 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 135 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 110 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 119 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 71 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 123,099 babies since 1880, Eilene is the fourth most given (1.7% of them). In 2025 it was given to 10 of their 5,144 babies (<1%), the fifth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Eilene
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Eilene and names like it
- Compare Eilene and ElenaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sEilene peaked in 1946.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eilene since 1910.
- The top names of 1946The year the most babies were named Eilene.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Eilene alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.