Girls' name · since 1906
Ailie
382 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.
- #13,889 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,271 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 382
- born since 1906
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ailie is the #13271 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 382 recorded since 1906.
Ailie has 382 recorded births among girls since 1906, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13271 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1906 to 2025.
- #13,889 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,271 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 382 born since 1906
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ailie ranks #13,889 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,271 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 382 born since 1906, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,889 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,271 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 382
- born since 1906
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ailie's 382 recorded births place it above 80.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Minnesota.
How Ailie compares
382 Top 50% higher than 50% 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
Ailie's all-time total is 2% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ailie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 382 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ailie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ailie's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1906, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ailie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1906–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 120 years of records
Ailie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (116 births, 30% of the file).
2000s was Ailie's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Ailie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 10
1900s
10 births
- 1910s
1910s
86 births
- 1920s 32
1920s
32 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
116 births
- 2010s
2010s
85 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 116 births (30% 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 | 16.2% |
62 of 382 births nationwide.
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What to do with Ailie's data
- Ailie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (116 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Minnesota records the most Ailies (62 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ailie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~119 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, 1906–2025 (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 Ailie 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.