Ailey — #5499 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ailey

The Social Security Administration has registered 944 babies named Ailey between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ailey currently holds the #5499 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 71 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ailey performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 499 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ailey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 111 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ailey in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ailey 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 944 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.