Girls' name · since 1990
Ailis
Ailis has 228 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,474 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 228
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ailis sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 228 recorded since 1990.
Ailis has 228 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2022.
- #18,474 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 228 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ailis ranks #18,474 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 228 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,474 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 228
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ailis's 228 recorded births place it above 74.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Ailis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ailis's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ailis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2022
- Peak year (2017)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Ailis by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (97 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Ailis's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Ailis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s
2010s
97 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 97 births (43% of all-time use).
Ailis by state
Where Ailis concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 228 births nationwide.
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- Ailis's decade-level peak was the 2010s (97 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Ailiss (5 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 Ailis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1990–2022 (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 Ailis 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.