Girls' name · since 1976
Aerie
209 babies named Aerie in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,337 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,015 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 209
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
209 babies have been named Aerie since 1976, making it today's #9015 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aerie has been recorded 209 times among girls since 1976, currently ranked #9015 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #19,337 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,015 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 209 born since 1976
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aerie ranks #19,337 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,015 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 209 born since 1976, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,337 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,015 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 209
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aerie's 209 recorded births place it above 73.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Aerie compares
209 38th 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
Aerie's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aerie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 209 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aerie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aerie's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aerie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Aerie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (111 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Aerie's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Aerie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
111 births
- 2020s
2020s
87 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 111 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Aerie's data
- Aerie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (111 total births) through the 2020s (87) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aerie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Aerie 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.