Aelish — girls' name
38 babies named Aelish in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
74% of everyone ever named Aelish was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Aelish in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aelish
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Aelish between 1996 and 2022, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aelish currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aelish performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aelish shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aelish 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 38 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.
Aelish at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aelish popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1996
- Peak year (2017)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
38 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 12 births in a single year.
Aelish by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 28 births that decade — 74% of Aelish's all-time total
Aelish decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aelish's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
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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, 1996–2022 (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.