Aela — #2706 US girls' name
647 babies named Aela in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Aela was born in this single decade.
64 babies were named Aela in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aela
The Social Security Administration has registered 647 babies named Aela between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aela currently holds the #2706 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 64 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aela performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 326 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aela shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Aela in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 647 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aela at a glance
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Current rank
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Aela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2024)
- 64
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #2706 among girls.
647 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 64 births in a single year.
Aela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 326 births that decade — 50% of Aela's all-time total
Aela decade highlights
- Peak decade 326 births
- Runner-up 288 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aela's strongest decade
326 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Aela by state
Where Aela concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 3.4% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 20 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 12 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 11 | 1.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 10 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.8% |
22 of 647 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.1% of nationwide
- Texas 1.9% of nationwide
- Florida 1.7% of nationwide
- New York 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2006–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.