Girls' name · since 2001
Eilyn
285 babies named Eilyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,353 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,629 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 285
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
285 babies have been named Eilyn since 2001, making it today's #4629 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eilyn has been recorded 285 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #4629 nationally and more common than 73% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #16,353 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,629 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 285 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eilyn ranks #16,353 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,629 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 285 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,353 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,629 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 285
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eilyn's 285 recorded births place it above 77.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Eilyn compares
285 44th percentile among 17,297 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
Eilyn's all-time total is 24% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eilyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 285 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Eilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Eilyn splits its recorded history at 2015: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Eilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Eilyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (118 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Eilyn's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Eilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
117 births
- 2020s
2020s
118 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 118 births (41% of all-time use).
Eilyn by state
Where Eilyn concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 285 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Eilyns (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eilyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Eilyn 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 August 2026.