Ailene — #10291 US girls' name
2,179 babies named Ailene in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 42% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Ailene was born in this single decade.
56 babies were named Ailene in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ailene
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,179 babies named Ailene between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ailene currently holds the #10291 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 56 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ailene performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 448 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Ailene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 176 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Ailene in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ailene 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 2,179 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.
Ailene at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Ailene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1900
- Peak year (1926)
- 56
- Annual births at peak — across 125 years of records
Currently ranks #10291 among girls.
2,179 total births across 125 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 56 births in a single year.
Ailene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 448 births that decade — 21% of Ailene's all-time total
Ailene decade highlights
- Peak decade 448 births
- Runner-up 304 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Ailene's strongest decade
448 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Ailene by state
Where Ailene concentrates geographically — total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 176 | 8.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 106 | 4.9% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 56 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 34 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 17 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 8 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.2% |
176 of 2,179 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.1% of nationwide
- Texas 4.9% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.6% of nationwide
- Kentucky 1.6% of nationwide
- Tennessee 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ailene appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1900–2024 (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.