Girls' name · since 2006
Aela
708 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.
- #9,448 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,818 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 708
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aela currently ranks #2818 among girls' names in America, with 708 babies recorded since 2006.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aela has been recorded 708 times among girls since 2006, currently ranked #2818 nationally and more common than 84% 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 2006 to 2025.
- #9,448 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,818 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 708 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aela ranks #9,448 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,818 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 708 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,448 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,818 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 708
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aela's 708 recorded births place it above 86.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Aela compares
708 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
Aela's all-time total is 88% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 708 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 64 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aela's full recorded timeline at 2016, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 64 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Aela by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (349 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Aela's strongest decade.
349 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Aela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 33
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
326 births
- 2020s
2020s
349 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 349 births (49% of all-time use).
How Aela 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 Aela's total volume
Aela by state
Where Aela concentrates geographically, total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 27 | 3.8% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 20 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 12 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 11 | 1.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 10 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.7% |
27 of 708 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Aela's data
- California records the most Aelas (27 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 Aela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Aela 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.