Girls' name · since 2001
Aelyn
251 babies named Aelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,542 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,508 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 251
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aelyn is the #5508 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 251 recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Aelyn recorded 251 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #5508 nationally today, ahead of 68% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #17,542 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,508 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 251 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aelyn ranks #17,542 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,508 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 251 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,542 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,508 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 251
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aelyn's 251 recorded births place it above 75.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Aelyn compares
251 41st 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
Aelyn's all-time total is 33% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 251 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aelyn's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Aelyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (103 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Aelyn's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Aelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
98 births
- 2020s
2020s
103 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 103 births (41% of all-time use).
Aelyn by state
Where Aelyn concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 251 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Aelyns (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Aelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2001–2025 (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 Aelyn 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.