Bilen

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Bilen by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Bilen. In the US, 14 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Bilen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bilen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Belenbethlehem; derived from place name367 in the US (2017)
  • Blen13 in the US (2017)
  • Bilan8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
  • Bowenson of Owen129 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Baileebailiff, officer of law; a form of Bailey518 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Bilen

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