Girls' name · since 1914
Eleen
754 babies named Eleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,096 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,078 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 754
- born since 1914
- 2010s
- peak decade
754 babies have been named Eleen since 1914, making it today's #4078 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Eleen recorded 754 times among girls since 1914, holding rank #4078 nationally today, ahead of 76% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #9,096 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,078 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 754 born since 1914
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eleen ranks #9,096 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,078 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 754 born since 1914, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,096 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,078 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 754
- born since 1914
- 2010s
- peak decade
Eleen's 754 recorded births place it above 87.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Eleen compares
754 Top 37% higher than 63% of 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
Eleen's all-time total is 101% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eleen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 754 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 46 | 21 | 19,840 |
Eleen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eleen's full recorded timeline at 1956, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 46 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Eleen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (274 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Eleen's strongest decade.
274 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Eleen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 31
1910s
31 births
- 1920s 101
1920s
101 births
- 1930s 37
1930s
37 births
- 1940s 20
1940s
20 births
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
274 births
- 2020s
2020s
236 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 274 births (36% of all-time use).
How Eleen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Eleen's total volume
Eleen by state
Where Eleen concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 41 | 5.4% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 27 | 3.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 26 | 3.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 18 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 12 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.7% |
41 of 754 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Eleen's data
- Eleen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (274 total births) through the 2020s (236) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Eleens (41 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Eleen
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eleen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Eleen 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.