Girls' name · since 2008
Aella
Aella has 626 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,258 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,161 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 626
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aella currently ranks #4161 among girls' names in America, with 626 babies recorded since 2008.
Aella has 626 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4161 as of the latest data, more common than 76% 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 2008 to 2025.
- #10,258 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,161 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 626 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aella ranks #10,258 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,161 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 626 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,258 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,161 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 626
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aella's 626 recorded births place it above 85.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Aella compares
626 Top 41% higher than 59% 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
Aella's all-time total is 66% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 626 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 104 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aella's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 78% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 22%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 104, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 104
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Aella by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (381 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Aella's strongest decade.
381 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Aella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
240 births
- 2020s
2020s
381 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 381 births (61% of all-time use).
How Aella 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 Aella's total volume
Aella by state
Where Aella concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 48 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 22 | 3.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 16 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 10 | 1.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 10 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Wisconsin | | 6 | 1.0% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Oregon | | 5 | 0.8% |
48 of 626 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Aella appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Aellas (48 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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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, 2008–2025 (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 Aella 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.