Girls' name · since 1990
Ailin
1,178 babies named Ailin in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,700 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,742 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,178
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ailin is the #3742 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,178 recorded since 1990.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ailin has been recorded 1,178 times among girls since 1990, currently ranked #3742 nationally and more common than 78% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #6,700 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,742 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,178 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ailin ranks #6,700 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,742 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,178 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,700 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,742 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,178
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ailin's 1,178 recorded births place it above 90.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Ailin compares
1,178 Top 30% higher than 70% 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
Ailin's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ailin | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,178 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 84 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ailin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ailin's full recorded timeline at 2009, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 84 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ailin popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 84
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Ailin popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2012 (Ailin as boys' name)
Ailin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (497 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Ailin's strongest decade.
497 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Ailin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 85
1990s
85 births
- 2000s
2000s
420 births
- 2010s
2010s
497 births
- 2020s 176
2020s
176 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 497 births (42% of all-time use).
How Ailin 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 Ailin's total volume
Ailin by state
Where Ailin concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 258 | 21.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 181 | 15.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 21 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 18 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.4% |
258 of 1,178 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Ailin's data
- Ailin's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (497 total births) through the 2020s (176) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Ailins (258 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ailin: 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 (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Ailin 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.