Girls' name · since 2005
Aayla
Aayla has 860 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,566 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 860
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aayla currently ranks #3566 among girls' names in America, with 860 babies recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aayla has been recorded 860 times among girls since 2005, currently ranked #3566 nationally and more common than 79% 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 2005 to 2025.
- #8,329 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,566 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 860 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aayla ranks #8,329 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,566 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 860 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,566 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 860
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aayla's 860 recorded births place it above 88.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Aayla compares
860 Top 35% higher than 65% of 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
Aayla's all-time total is 129% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aayla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 860 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 75 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aayla's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 10 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 75, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 75
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Aayla by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (378 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Aayla's strongest decade.
378 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Aayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 115
2000s
115 births
- 2010s
2010s
367 births
- 2020s
2020s
378 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 378 births (44% of all-time use).
How Aayla compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Aayla's total volume
Aayla by state
Where Aayla concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 55 | 6.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 25 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 7 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | New York | | 5 | 0.6% |
55 of 860 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Aayla appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Aaylas (55 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Aayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2005–2025 (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 Aayla 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.