Girls' name · since 2016
Aelin
411 babies named Aelin in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,289 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,866 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 411
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
411 babies have been named Aelin since 2016, making it today's #1866 girls' name.
Aelin has 411 recorded births among girls since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1866 as of the latest data, more common than 89% 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.
- #13,289 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,866 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 411 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aelin ranks #13,289 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,866 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 411 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,289 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,866 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 411
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aelin's 411 recorded births place it above 81.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Aelin compares
411 Top 49% higher than 51% 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
Aelin's all-time total is 9% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aelin | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 411 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 107 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aelin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aelin's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 77% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 23%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 107, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aelin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 107
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Aelin by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (350 births, 85% of the file).
2020s was Aelin's strongest decade.
350 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 85% of all-time use.
Aelin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 61
2010s
61 births
- 2020s
2020s
350 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 350 births (85% of all-time use).
Aelin by state
Where Aelin concentrates geographically, total births since 2016
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 24 | 5.8% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 6 | 1.5% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 6 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Colorado | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.2% |
24 of 411 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Aelins (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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 Aelin 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.