Girls' name · since 1997
Aaleah
Aaleah has 345 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,740 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 345
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
345 girls have been named Aaleah since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aaleah has been recorded 345 times among girls since 1997, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2024.
- #14,740 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 345 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aaleah ranks #14,740 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 345 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,740 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 345
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aaleah's 345 recorded births place it above 79.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Aaleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aaleah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 37 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aaleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2024
- Peak year (2012)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Aaleah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (194 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Aaleah's strongest decade.
194 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Aaleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
93 births
- 2010s
2010s
194 births
- 2020s 46
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 194 births (56% of all-time use).
Aaleah by state
Where Aaleah concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 4.3% |
15 of 345 births nationwide.
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What to do with Aaleah's data
- Aaleah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (194 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Aaleahs (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aaleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1997–2024 (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 Aaleah 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.