Ailie — #15341 US girls' name
376 babies named Ailie in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
31% of everyone ever named Ailie was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Ailie in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ailie
The Social Security Administration has registered 376 babies named Ailie between 1906 and 2024, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ailie currently holds the #15341 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ailie performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ailie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 62 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ailie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ailie 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 376 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.
Ailie at a glance
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Current rank
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Ailie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1906
- Peak year (2012)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 119 years of records
Currently ranks #15341 among girls.
376 total births across 119 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 19 births in a single year.
Ailie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 116 births that decade — 31% of Ailie's all-time total
Ailie decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ailie's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Ailie by state
Where Ailie concentrates geographically — total births since 1906
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 62 | 16.5% |
62 of 376 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 16.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 16.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1906–2024 (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.