Girls' name · since 1920
Aila
4,268 babies named Aila in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #830 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,268
- born since 1920
- 2020s
- peak decade
4,268 babies have been named Aila since 1920, making it today's #830 girls' name.
Aila has 4,268 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #830 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #2,856 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #830 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,268 born since 1920
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aila ranks #2,856 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #830 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,268 born since 1920, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #830 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,268
- born since 1920
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aila's 4,268 recorded births place it above 96.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Aila compares
4,268 Top 15% higher than 85% of 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
Aila's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,268 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 378 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aila's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 92% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 8%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 378, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 378
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Aila by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,075 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Aila's strongest decade.
2,075 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Aila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 61
1990s
61 births
- 2000s 519
2000s
519 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,576 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,075 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,075 births (49% of all-time use).
How Aila compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Aila's total volume
Aila by state
Where Aila concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 613 | 14.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 286 | 6.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 248 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 203 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Washington | | 138 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 114 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 109 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 107 | 2.5% |
613 of 4,268 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Aila appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Ailas (613 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Aila 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.