girls:
2.2k births since 1900
#3690 (35th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1900
#5619 (27th percentile)
The name Ailene is the #5,619 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,170 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 27.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,690 (35.4% percentile) for all time with 2,170 births since 1900.
Ailene first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (first recorded for girls in 1900). Birth data for Ailene is available in 115 out of the 124 years between 1900 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Ailene reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 8.5% percentile (ranked #553) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 46 births per million (ranked 8.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ailene ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 10.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ailene".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ailene", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 28 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Eileen" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Eileen..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Ailene. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.6% confident that Ailene is pronounced as AY-leen, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ai-LEEN, at 28.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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