Girls' name · since 1991
Ailish
Ailish has 655 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,951 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,302 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 655
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ailish currently ranks #11302 among girls' names in America, with 655 babies recorded since 1991.
Ailish has 655 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11302 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, 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 1991 to 2025.
- #9,951 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,302 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 655 born since 1991
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ailish ranks #9,951 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,302 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 655 born since 1991, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,951 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,302 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 655
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ailish's 655 recorded births place it above 86.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Ailish compares
655 Top 40% higher than 60% 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
Ailish's all-time total is 74% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ailish | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 655 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ailish's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ailish's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 38, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ailish popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Ailish by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (235 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Ailish's strongest decade.
235 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Ailish births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
104 births
- 2000s
2000s
233 births
- 2010s
2010s
235 births
- 2020s 83
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 235 births (36% of all-time use).
How Ailish 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 Ailish's total volume
Ailish by state
Where Ailish concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 36 | 5.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 24 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 18 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Washington | | 5 | 0.8% |
36 of 655 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Ailish's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (235 total births) through the 2020s (83) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Ailishs (36 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 Ailish: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Ailish 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.