Meaning and history
Eileen is the Anglicized form of Eibhlín and is sometimes regarded as an Irish form of Helen. It became popular beyond Ireland in the English-speaking world near the end of the 19th century.
20062006: 355 births, rank #777
2007: 396 births, rank #734
2008: 386 births, rank #762
2009: 347 births, rank #814
2010: 321 births, rank #837
20112011: 369 births, rank #745
2012: 324 births, rank #829
2013: 360 births, rank #752
2014: 391 births, rank #716
2015: 408 births, rank #697
20162016: 390 births, rank #727
2017: 421 births, rank #692
2018: 439 births, rank #669
2019: 413 births, rank #701
2020: 401 births, rank #701
20212021: 440 births, rank #671
2022: 476 births, rank #621
2023: 444 births, rank #663
2024: 511 births, rank #592
20252025: 437 births, rank #654
Eileen moved from #592 to #654 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1947, with 4,251 births.