Ailen
Ailen is a name with a single cultural origin: Mapuche.
- Mapuche
Meaning & Origin of Ailen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ailen is a name with a single cultural origin: Mapuche.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Mapuche
The Story of Ailen
The earliest SSA record of Ailen as a baby girl name dates back to 1990, when 5 babies received it. 2022 was its biggest year on record, with 105 newborns named Ailen — #1,907 in the national rankings. About 53% of every Ailen on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ailen ranks #2,427 for baby girls with 74 births, rising sharply (+183% over the past five years). All told, over 741 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Ailen
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ailen. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Ailen
Ailen is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 741 births in the dataset. Ailen's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #1,907. Use the chart and map above to compare Ailen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.