Girls' name · since 1994
Aailyah
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 222 babies named Aailyah, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,730 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 222
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aailyah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 222 have been recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aailyah has been recorded 222 times among girls since 1994, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2022.
- #18,730 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 222 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aailyah ranks #18,730 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 222 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,730 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 222
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aailyah's 222 recorded births place it above 74.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aailyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aailyah splits its recorded history at 2009: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aailyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2022
- Peak year (2010)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Aailyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (90 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Aailyah's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Aailyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s
2010s
90 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 90 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Aailyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aailyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
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, 1994–2022 (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 Aailyah 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.