Name meaning & stats
Aileen
Aileen means “light (debated)” (Irish origin). 26,793 US babies since 1940, peak 2009.
What it means
“light (debated)”
IrishForm of Eileen
In US birth records
Peak year: 2009
26,793 US babies were named Aileen between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Aileen (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 43% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2009)