Ahley — girls' name
53 babies named Ahley in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
53 girls have been named Ahley since 1985, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1995.
- 53
- total births
- 1985–1995
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 68%
- born in that decade
68% of everyone ever named Ahley was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Ahley in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ahley
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Ahley between 1985 and 1995, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ahley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ahley performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ahley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ahley 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 53 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.
Ahley at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ahley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1985
- Peak year (1985)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
53 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 13 births in a single year.
Ahley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 36 births that decade — 68% of Ahley's all-time total
Ahley decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ahley's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% 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, 1985–1995 (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.