Girls' name · since 1960
Kileen
Kileen has 118 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 118
- total births
- 1960–1998
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
Kileen sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 118 recorded since 1960.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kileen has been recorded 118 times among girls since 1960, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1998.
- 118 total births
- 1960–1998 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 49% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kileen's 118 recorded births place it above 65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kileen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kileen splits its recorded history at 1978: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kileen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1998
- Peak year (1960)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Kileen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Kileen's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Kileen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
58 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 58 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Kileen's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (58 total births) through the 1990s (27) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1960–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kileen: Baby Name Since 1960 - 118 Births, Peak 1960." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kileen. 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 Kileen 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 July 2026.