Aileen
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Se Aylin
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/aɪˈɫin/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Aileen is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 3.3K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 6.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 462 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈110,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Se Aylin.
Sources 1
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aileen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Aileen | 37 |
| PH Philippines | #182 | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Aileen | 162 |
| US United States | — | 25,227 | 1 in 13K | 25K | Aileen | 462 |
| GB United Kingdom | #688 | ≈8,200 est. | ≈1 in 8.1K | 3 | Aileen | 197 |
| DE Germany | #991 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Aileen | 140 |
| AU Australia | #811 | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 8.3K | 3 | Aileen | 158 |
| IE Ireland | #271 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | — | Aileen | 107 |
| SG Singapore | #482 | ≈970 est. | ≈1 in 6.4K | — | Aileen | 86 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Aileen is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Celtic; 'light'
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In English, English; as the sun
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Scottish variant spelling of Eileen.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Scottish and English: variant spelling of EILEEN .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Aileen Stanleyb. 1893USAmerican singer (1893-1982)
- Aileen Pringleb. 1895USAmerican actress (1895–1989)
- Aileen Rigginb. 1906USAmerican diver, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist (1906–2002)
- Aileen Raymondb. 1910GBBritish actress (1910-2005)
- Aileen Wuornosb. 1956USAmerican serial killer (1956–2002)
- Aileen Bavierab. 1959PHFilipino sinologist
- Aileen Tanb. 1966SGSingaporean actress
- Aileen Leeb. 1970USAmerican investor
- Aileen Quinnb. 1971USAmerican actress, singer and dancer
- Aileen McGlynnb. 1973GBScottish paralympic tandem cyclist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 80 sources across 45 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 25K | #1,389 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 340 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 33 | #1,389 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2018 | 3 | #434 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2006 | 3 | #722 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1965 | 3 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2014 | 1 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2014 | 1 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2024 | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Aileen mean, and where does it come from?
- Se Aylin. Recorded by Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon.
- Is Aileen a male or female name?
- Aileen is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Aileen?
- In the etymology graph, Eileen, Aline and Ina are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Aileen?
- A machine transcription gives /aɪˈɫin/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Aileen?
- In the United States, the national register counted 25,227 people named Aileen in 2020, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.
- How common is Aileen compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Aileen is the 182nd most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
- In which country does Aileen have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 107 thousand people named Aileen in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aileen.
What do you want to know about Aileen?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aileenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aileen” — the 182nd most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.