Girls' name · since 2009
Aaila
Aaila has 117 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,376 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,628 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 117
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aaila is the #11628 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 117 recorded since 2009.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aaila has been recorded 117 times among girls since 2009, currently ranked #11628 nationally and more common than 33% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #25,376 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,628 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 117 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aaila ranks #25,376 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,628 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 117 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,376 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,628 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 117
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aaila's 117 recorded births place it above 64.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Aaila compares
117 27th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Aaila's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aaila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 117 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aaila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aaila's full recorded timeline at 2019, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aaila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Aaila by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (59 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Aaila's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Aaila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 59 births (50% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aaila draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.