Eileen is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “radiance, beauty.” In 2024 it was given to 508 girls in the United States.
Eileen belongs to the Spanish and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “radiance, beauty” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Eileen first appears in Social Security records in 1882. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #68 in 1943, and in 2024 508 babies received the name — 189,170 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Eileen means “radiance, beauty” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Eileen is a girl name. In 2024, 508 babies received the name in the US.
Eileen comes from the Spanish and English & American tradition.
Eileen first appears in US records in 1882. Its best-ever ranking was #68 in 1943, and 508 babies were given the name in 2024.
Eileen is pronounced /aɪˈliːn/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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