Girls' name · since 2007
Aaylah
Aaylah has 130 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,218 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 130
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aaylah is the #16218 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 130 recorded since 2007.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aaylah has been recorded 130 times among girls since 2007, currently ranked #16218 nationally and more common than 6% of girls, 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 2007 to 2025.
- #24,221 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,218 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 130 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aaylah ranks #24,221 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,218 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 130 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,218 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 130
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aaylah's 130 recorded births place it above 66.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Aaylah compares
130 29th 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
Aaylah's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aaylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 130 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aaylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aaylah's full recorded timeline at 2016, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aaylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Aaylah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (80 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Aaylah's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Aaylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
80 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 80 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Aaylah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (80 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aaylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2007–2025 (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 Aaylah 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.