Girls' name · since 2005
Ailah
396 babies named Ailah in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,592 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,639 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 396
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ailah currently ranks #4639 among girls' names in America, with 396 babies recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Ailah recorded 396 times among girls since 2005, holding rank #4639 nationally today, ahead of 73% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #13,592 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,639 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 396 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ailah ranks #13,592 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,639 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 396 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,592 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,639 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 396
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ailah's 396 recorded births place it above 81.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Ailah compares
396 Top 49% higher than 51% 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
Ailah's all-time total is 5% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ailah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 396 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 42 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ailah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ailah splits its recorded history at 2015: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 42 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ailah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Ailah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (213 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Ailah's strongest decade.
213 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Ailah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 36
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
147 births
- 2020s
2020s
213 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 213 births (54% of all-time use).
Ailah by state
Where Ailah concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 35 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 2.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 7 | 1.8% |
35 of 396 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- California records the most Ailahs (35 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Ailah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2005–2025 (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 Ailah 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.