Girls' name · since 2016
Aelia
Aelia has 159 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,162 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,524 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 159
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aelia currently ranks #6524 among girls' names in America, with 159 babies recorded since 2016.
Aelia has 159 recorded births among girls since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6524 as of the latest data, more common than 62% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #22,162 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,524 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 159 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aelia ranks #22,162 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,524 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 159 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,162 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,524 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 159
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aelia's 159 recorded births place it above 69.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Aelia compares
159 32nd 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
Aelia's all-time total is 58% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aelia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 159 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aelia's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 73% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 27%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 31, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Aelia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (129 births, 81% of the file).
2020s was Aelia's strongest decade.
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Aelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
- 2020s
2020s
129 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 129 births (81% of all-time use).
Aelia by state
Where Aelia concentrates geographically, total births since 2016
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 6.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 3.1% |
10 of 159 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Aelia's data
- California records the most Aelias (10 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 Aelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Aelia 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.