Girls' name · since 2002
Aayliah
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 97 babies named Aayliah, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,381 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,982 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aayliah is the #15982 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 97 recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aayliah has been recorded 97 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #15982 nationally and more common than 8% of girls, 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 2002 to 2025.
- #27,381 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,982 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 97 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aayliah ranks #27,381 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,982 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 97 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #27,381 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,982 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aayliah's 97 recorded births place it above 61.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Aayliah compares
97 24th 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
Aayliah's all-time total is 74% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aayliah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 97 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aayliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aayliah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aayliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Aayliah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (49 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Aayliah's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Aayliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 49 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Aayliah's data
- Aayliah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Aayliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Aayliah 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.