Girls' name · since 1990
Ailen
686 babies named Ailen in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,636 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,168 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 686
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
686 babies have been named Ailen since 1990, making it today's #2168 girls' name.
Ailen has 686 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2168 as of the latest data, more common than 87% 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 1990 to 2025.
- #9,636 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,168 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 686 born since 1990
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ailen ranks #9,636 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,168 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 686 born since 1990, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,636 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,168 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 686
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ailen's 686 recorded births place it above 86.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Ailen compares
686 Top 39% higher than 61% 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
Ailen's all-time total is 82% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ailen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 686 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 105 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ailen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ailen's full recorded timeline at 2011, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 105 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ailen popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 105
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Ailen popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2019 (Ailen as boys' name)
Ailen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (337 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Ailen's strongest decade.
337 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Ailen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 115
2000s
115 births
- 2010s
2010s
212 births
- 2020s
2020s
337 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 337 births (49% of all-time use).
How Ailen 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 Ailen's total volume
Ailen by state
Where Ailen concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 82 | 12.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 82 | 12.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 13 | 1.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 7 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.7% |
82 of 686 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- California records the most Ailens (82 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 Ailen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Ailen 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.