Girls' name · since 2006

Ahlayah

Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 209 babies named Ahlayah, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#19,338 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,611 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
209
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade

209 babies have been named Ahlayah since 2006, making it today's #10611 girls' name.

Ahlayah has 209 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10611 as of the latest data, more common than 39% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.

  • #19,338 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #10,611 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 209 born since 2006
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahlayah ranks #19,338 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,611 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 209 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.

#19,338 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,611 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
209
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%38.6%
Ahlayah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Ahlayah's 209 recorded births place it above 73.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Ahlayah 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

Ahlayah's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Ahlayah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 209 376 567,345
Peak-year births 17 21 19,840

Ahlayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Ahlayah's full recorded timeline at 2016, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Ahlayah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2021)
17
Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
5101520 2006200920132016201920222025 9

Ahlayah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (109 births, 52% of the file).

2010s was Ahlayah's strongest decade.

109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.

Ahlayah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 109 births (52% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ahlayah?
209 babies have been named Ahlayah since 2006. All-time, it sits at #19,338 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #10,611 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2021 with 17 births.
Where does Ahlayah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahlayah ranks #19,338 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,611 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Ahlayah most popular?
Ahlayah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 109 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Ahlayah been used?
The SSA has tracked Ahlayah since 2006 -- 20 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Ahlayah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ahlani, Ahlam, Ahliyah, Ahlana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Ahlayah's data

  • Ahlayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (109 total births) through the 2020s (74) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Ahlayah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Ahlayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2006–2025 (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 Ahlayah 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.