Girls' name · since 1900
Ailene
Ailene has 2,197 recorded births since 1900 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1926 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,421 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,338 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,197
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ailene currently ranks #6338 among girls' names in America, with 2,197 babies recorded since 1900.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ailene has been recorded 2,197 times among girls since 1900, currently ranked #6338 nationally and more common than 63% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 2025.
- #4,421 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,338 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,197 born since 1900
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ailene ranks #4,421 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,338 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,197 born since 1900, peaking in the 1920s.
- #4,421 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,338 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,197
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ailene's 2,197 recorded births place it above 93.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Ailene compares
2,197 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Ailene's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ailene | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,197 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 56 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ailene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ailene's SSA record in two at 1961 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1900, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1926 peak of 56, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ailene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–2025
- Peak year (1926)
- 56
- Annual births at peak, across 126 years of records
Ailene by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (448 births, 20% of the file).
1920s was Ailene's strongest decade.
448 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Ailene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 56
1900s
56 births
- 1910s
1910s
225 births
- 1920s
1920s
448 births
- 1930s
1930s
304 births
- 1940s 169
1940s
169 births
- 1950s 136
1950s
136 births
- 1960s 116
1960s
116 births
- 1970s 66
1970s
66 births
- 1980s 56
1980s
56 births
- 1990s 118
1990s
118 births
- 2000s
2000s
271 births
- 2010s 169
2010s
169 births
- 2020s 63
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 448 births (20% of all-time use).
How Ailene 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 Ailene's total volume
Ailene by state
Where Ailene concentrates geographically, total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 181 | 8.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 111 | 5.1% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 56 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Kentucky | | 34 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 17 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 8 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.2% |
181 of 2,197 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Ailene appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Ailene's data
- Ailene's decade-level peak was the 1920s (448 total births); usage has since declined to 63 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Ailenes (181 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Ailene
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ailene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~125 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, 1900–2025 (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 Ailene 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.