Recorded 1997–2020 Girls' name Peak 2002 23 births

Aiah — girls' name

23 babies named Aiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s132020s5
2000s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Aiah was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

8 babies were named Aiah in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Aiah between 1997 and 2020, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aiah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aiah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aiah 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 23 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.

Aiah at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

23

Since 1997

24 years of records

Peak year

2002

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1997

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2020

Aiah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1997

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2002)
8
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
456789 2020200420021997 5

Aiah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
13 births that decade — 57% of Aiah's all-time total
1990s52000s132020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aiah?
23 babies have been named Aiah since 1997. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2002 with 8 births.
When was Aiah most popular?
Aiah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Aiah been used?
Aiah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 24 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Aiah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aiana, Aianna, Aia. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1997–2020 (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.