Fun Facts About the Name Ileene
- 456 babies named Ileene: U.S. records list 456 babies given the name Ileene from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Ileene Mean?
Ileene is a rare spelling of Eileen, the English form of Irish Eibhlín. The Irish name was borrowed from Norman French Aveline, a diminutive formed from Eve with the diminutive ending -line. Eve goes back to Hebrew Ḥawwāh, generally explained as "life" or "living one," and that is the meaning normally given to the whole family of names.
A second explanation treats Aveline not as a form of Eve but as a diminutive of the Germanic name Ava, built on an element avi of uncertain meaning, sometimes glossed "desired." Irish speakers also linked Eibhlín with the native word aoibh, "beauty, radiance," and this is why many name books give Eileen the sense "bright, shining one." That is a later association rather than a demonstrated origin, and the same sound also appears in unrelated names such as Irene and Selene, which come from Greek.
Ileene Name History & Origins
The line behind Ileene runs from Hebrew Ḥawwāh through Greek and Latin Eva and Old French Eve. The diminutive Aveline was brought to England by the Normans and appears in medieval English records as Aveline and Avelina. The same name passed into Ireland, where it became Aibhilín and then Eibhlín.
From the 19th century onward it was anglicized as Eileen, Aileen, and Ilene, and it was common in Ireland and among Irish emigrants to Britain and North America. An early literary and musical association is the Irish song Eibhlín a Rún ("Eileen, my treasure"), an old air traditionally linked to the poet Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh. Ileene itself belongs to a cluster of phonetic English spellings - Ilene, Ileen, Ilean, Eileen - that represent the sound eye-LEEN rather than a separate origin.
How Popular is the Name Ileene?
Ileene has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1920. Its best rank was #1,845 in 1920.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | #16,597 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #17,481 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #13,709 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #14,046 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #8,908 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #12,894 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #11,097 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #12,823 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #13,537 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #17,105 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #14,543 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #14,261 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #16,280 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #11,578 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #7,886 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #6,947 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1958 | #6,452 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1957 | #6,450 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1954 | #5,384 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1953 | #4,761 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1952 | #5,893 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1951 | #3,823 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1950 | #5,609 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #3,481 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1947 | #3,555 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1946 | #4,655 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1945 | #4,843 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #4,401 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1940 | #4,063 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1939 | #3,972 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1938 | #3,027 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1937 | #2,825 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1935 | #3,958 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1934 | #3,292 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1932 | #2,559 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1931 | #2,870 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1930 | #3,828 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1929 | #3,517 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1928 | #3,304 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1927 | #2,776 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1926 | #2,516 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1925 | #2,327 | 16 | 0.0013% |
| 1924 | #3,055 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1923 | #2,529 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1922 | #3,249 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1921 | #2,161 | 18 | 0.0015% |
| 1920 | #1,845 | 22 | 0.0018% |
| 1919 | #2,889 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1918 | #3,368 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1917 | #2,372 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1916 | #4,743 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1915 | #2,311 | 13 | 0.0013% |
| 1914 | #3,882 | 5 | 0.0007% |
| 1913 | #3,415 | 5 | 0.0008% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Ileene Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You like to use the pen or the needle (writing, fashion design etc). You are loving, compassionate, intuitive and humanitarian. Runs of luck, either good or bad, follow you. You are sympathetic, but at times might be touchy and oversensitive. You may have a gift for writing. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
You are seeking freedom, opportunities to enjoy life: to make love, to go places and to do things. You are very adventurous and willing to take risk to achieve your objectives. New ways and new experiences can't satisfy your restless nature. One adventure leads you to another. You are honest and fair, because you know that this is the only way to receive justice and honesty from other people. But your personal growth is vital for you, and it is difficult to be tied down by rules and obligations. Your restless spirit might best controlled by choosing the field of work that meet your demand for action and adventure.
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