Aileah — girls' name
51 babies named Aileah in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
51 girls have been named Aileah since 2009, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2014.
- 51
- total births
- 2009–2014
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Aileah was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Aileah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aileah
The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Aileah between 2009 and 2014, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aileah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aileah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Aileah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aileah 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 51 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.
Aileah at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aileah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2009
- Peak year (2009)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
51 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 23 births in a single year.
Aileah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 28 births that decade — 55% of Aileah's all-time total
Aileah decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aileah's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 2009–2014 (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.