Eileen Forename
2,125th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 476,231 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Eileen Forename Definition:
A female name. often taken to be the Irish equivalent of Helen, but in fact a genuine Celtic name Eibhilin, Eibhlin. Like many other Irish names it became common in England at the beginning of the 20th C.
Eileen Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 245,604 | 1:1,476 | 309 |
| England | 100% | 106,583 | 1:522 | 113 |
| Ireland | 100% | 27,823 | 1:167 | 27 |
| Canada | 100% | 18,035 | 1:1,837 | 389 |
| Scotland | 100% | 9,866 | 1:542 | 118 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 8,694 | 1:212 | 35 |
| Philippines | 99% | 7,084 | 1:14,965 | 1,748 |
| South Africa | 100% | 7,006 | 1:7,784 | 1,395 |
| Wales | 100% | 5,022 | 1:616 | 145 |
| Australia | - | 3,797 | 1:3,597 | 554 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3,262 | 1:1,088 | 172 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,041 | 1:1,492 | 333 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,658 | 1:36,372 | 1,244 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2,094 | 1:22,114 | 2,087 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,937 | 1:1,489 | 359 |
| China | - | 1,405 | 1:972,282 | 33,657 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1,276 | 1:67 | 12 |
| Singapore | 99% | 1,201 | 1:5,235 | 914 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,124 | 1:24,009 | 1,692 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 1,074 | 1:28,352 | 2,646 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,012 | 1:17,398 | 1,015 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 959 | 1:17,625 | 1,782 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 947 | 1:31,892 | 2,242 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 844 | 1:9,659 | 970 |
| Colombia | 100% | 736 | 1:64,917 | 2,577 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 700 | 1:1,945 | 375 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 640 | 1:24,100 | 2,543 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 624 | 1:16,717 | 1,666 |
| Norway | 100% | 548 | 1:9,366 | 851 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 519 | 1:342,128 | 12,195 |
| Mexico | 99% | 467 | 1:265,834 | 4,134 |
| Spain | 100% | 455 | 1:102,264 | 2,921 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 452 | 1:10,549 | 956 |
| Peru | 93% | 435 | 1:73,084 | 3,037 |
| Panama | 100% | 415 | 1:9,413 | 1,283 |
| Barbados | - | 410 | 1:707 | 164 |
| Guyana | 100% | 363 | 1:2,103 | 403 |
| Fiji | - | 345 | 1:2,587 | 730 |
| Thailand | 100% | 312 | 1:224,570 | 14,176 |
| Egypt | 100% | 304 | 1:302,306 | 9,724 |
| Bahamas | - | 249 | 1:1,604 | 377 |
| India | 100% | 241 | 1:5,040,987 | 192,226 |
| France | 100% | 215 | 1:309,164 | 4,171 |
| Jersey | - | 215 | 1:465 | 107 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 187 | 1:86,141 | 2,078 |
| Brazil | 100% | 185 | 1:1,158,033 | 29,012 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 181 | 1:549 | 56 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 181 | 1:291,648 | 10,324 |
| Denmark | - | 163 | 1:34,659 | 1,549 |
| Indonesia | - | 163 | 1:1,582,599 | 86,662 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 155 | 1:3,748 | 529 |
| Malta | - | 142 | 1:3,024 | 498 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 141 | 1:58,252 | 2,374 |
| Hong Kong | - | 140 | 1:55,377 | 2,552 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 126 | 1:871 | 164 |
| Portugal | - | 120 | 1:86,757 | 2,474 |
| Honduras | 100% | 119 | 1:74,096 | 2,774 |
| Qatar | 87% | 118 | 1:20,081 | 2,951 |
| Guam | - | 115 | 1:1,397 | 311 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 111 | 1:11,692 | 1,416 |
| El Salvador | - | 91 | 1:69,690 | 1,838 |
| Argentina | 98% | 89 | 1:480,598 | 3,629 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 89 | 1:67,622 | 2,820 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 89 | 1:267,075 | 20,735 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98% | 86 | 1:1,297 | 227 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 84 | 1:85,143 | 7,219 |
| Ecuador | - | 82 | 1:216,182 | 3,573 |
| Sweden | 100% | 80 | 1:123,224 | 4,990 |
| Cuba | - | 74 | 1:155,494 | 2,532 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Belgium | 100% | 60 | 1:191,501 | 4,817 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 59 | 1:3,014 | 549 |
| South Korea | 100% | 57 | 1:97,271 | 5,004 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 56 | 1:980 | 209 |
| French Polynesia | - | 54 | 1:5,146 | 841 |
| Grenada | 97% | 51 | 1:2,120 | 447 |
| Belize | 100% | 50 | 1:7,086 | 1,238 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 50 | 1:432,210 | 14,577 |
| Bermuda | - | 49 | 1:1,323 | 299 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 49 | 1:638 | 99 |
| Italy | 100% | 47 | 1:1,299,193 | 10,462 |
| Zambia | - | 47 | 1:337,336 | 9,272 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 45 | 1:2,059 | 474 |
| Botswana | 100% | 42 | 1:52,011 | 4,968 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 40 | 1:1,532 | 357 |
| Greece | 100% | 40 | 1:273,364 | 4,844 |
| Uganda | 100% | 37 | 1:1,106,944 | 18,454 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 36 | 1:95,212 | 2,531 |
| Guernsey | - | 31 | 1:2,043 | 330 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 29 | 1:1,885 | 394 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 23 | 1:37,873 | 1,806 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 22 | 1:2,233 | 458 |
| Liberia | 100% | 20 | 1:220,603 | 7,624 |
| Czechia | 100% | 19 | 1:560,851 | 2,621 |
| Japan | - | 17 | 1:7,528,592 | 31,633 |
| Russia | 86% | 17 | 1:8,484,336 | 34,226 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 17 | 1:343 | 95 |
| Austria | 100% | 14 | 1:608,157 | 5,259 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 13 | 1:1,020 | 161 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Afghanistan | 94% | 12 | 1:2,718,626 | 20,989 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 10 | 1:19,435,768 | 100,312 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 10 | 1:723,680 | 5,820 |
| Malawi | - | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| Turkey | 100% | 9 | 1:8,644,634 | 30,028 |
| Dominica | - | 8 | 1:9,434 | 375 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 7 | 1:4,958 | 978 |
| Bolivia | - | 6 | 1:1,766,901 | 4,084 |
| Cook Islands | - | 6 | 1:3,026 | 469 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 6 | 1:524 | 108 |
| Lebanon | - | 6 | 1:937,928 | 8,462 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Namibia | - | 5 | 1:480,836 | 6,391 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Croatia | - | 4 | 1:1,054,269 | 9,352 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Luxembourg | - | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Finland | - | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Jordan | - | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Micronesia | - | 3 | 1:35,500 | 1,253 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | 100% | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Israel | 51% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
Eileen (1,290) may also be a surname.
Eileen Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. often taken to be the Irish equivalent of Helen, but in fact a genuine Celtic name Eibhilin, Eibhlin. Like many other Irish names it became common in England at the beginning of the 20th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Like Aileen, is a Celtic form of Helen, q. v. See also Ellen.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Eileen Forename Popularity
Eileen Demographics
Eileen Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 1,779 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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