Ailene
Ailene is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 997th, in 1926.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 192656 births
- Best rank
- #997in 1926
- Since 1900
- 2,179people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,179 girls have been named Ailene in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1926, with 56 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1943, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ailene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 56 | |
| 1910s | 225 | |
| 1920s | 448 | |
| 1930s | 304 | |
| 1940s | 169 | |
| 1950s | 136 | |
| 1960s | 116 | |
| 1970s | 66 | |
| 1980s | 56 | |
| 1990s | 118 | |
| 2000s | 271 | |
| 2010s | 169 | |
| 2020s | 45 |
In 1926, its biggest year
Ailene was the 997th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1926 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1926.
Names that rose and fell with Ailene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carmellapeak 1922
- Meriampeak 1923
- Michelinapeak 1922
- Audrypeak 1928
- Annamaepeak 1922
- Madlynpeak 1922
- Natividadpeak 1925
- Ileenpeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.