Girls' name · since 1983
Aira
1,318 babies named Aira in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,083 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,318
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,318 babies have been named Aira since 1983, making it today's #1083 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Aira recorded 1,318 times among girls since 1983, holding rank #1083 nationally today, ahead of 94% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #6,225 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,083 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,318 born since 1983
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aira ranks #6,225 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,083 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,318 born since 1983, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,083 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,318
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aira's 1,318 recorded births place it above 91.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Aira compares
1,318 Top 28% higher than 72% 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
Aira's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,318 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 223 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aira's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 90% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 10%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 223, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 223
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Aira by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (818 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Aira's strongest decade.
818 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Aira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s 31
1990s
31 births
- 2000s 81
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
364 births
- 2020s
2020s
818 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 818 births (62% of all-time use).
How Aira 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 Aira's total volume
Aira by state
Where Aira concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 184 | 14.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 166 | 12.6% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 47 | 3.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 47 | 3.6% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 44 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 30 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 30 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 29 | 2.2% |
184 of 1,318 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Aira appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Airas (184 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Aira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Aira 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.