Girls' name · since 2001
Aily
217 babies named Aily in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,955 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,173 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 217
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
217 babies have been named Aily since 2001, making it today's #8173 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Aily recorded 217 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #8173 nationally today, ahead of 53% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #18,955 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,173 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 217 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aily ranks #18,955 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,173 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 217 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,955 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,173 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 217
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aily's 217 recorded births place it above 73.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Aily compares
217 38th percentile among 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
Aily's all-time total is 42% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aily | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 217 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aily's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aily's SSA record in two at 2014 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 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aily popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Aily by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (99 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Aily's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Aily births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
57 births
- 2010s
2010s
99 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 99 births (46% of all-time use).
Aily by state
Where Aily concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 8 | 3.7% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 2.8% |
8 of 217 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Aily's data
- Aily's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (99 total births) through the 2020s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Ailys (8 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Aily: 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 (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Aily 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.