Is Ailen a boy or girl name?

Ailen is a girl’s name. Of the 691 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.3% were girls and 0.7% were boys.

Ailen

Recorded 1990–2025 · United States

Ailen was most popular in 2022, when 105 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,469 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,910, with 86 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 691 people named Ailen.

Ailen over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ailen’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ailen a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ailen is a girl’s name — 99.3% of the 691 Americans given it were girls and 0.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 99% girls and 1% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Ailen

Where Ailen is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org