Girls' name · since 2014

Airah

137 babies named Airah in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#23,681 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,796 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
137
born since 2014
2020s
peak decade

Airah currently ranks #6796 among girls' names in America, with 137 babies recorded since 2014.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Airah has been recorded 137 times among girls since 2014, currently ranked #6796 nationally and more common than 61% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.

  • #23,681 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #6,796 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 137 born since 2014
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Airah ranks #23,681 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,796 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 137 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.

#23,681 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,796 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
137
born since 2014
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%60.7%
Airah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Airah's 137 recorded births place it above 67.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

2 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.

How Airah compares

137 30th 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

Airah's all-time total is 64% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Airah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 137 376 567,345
Peak-year births 25 21 19,840

Airah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Airah's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Airah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
25
Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
051015202530 201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 17

Airah by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (82 births, 60% of the file).

2020s was Airah's strongest decade.

82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.

Airah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 82 births (60% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Airah by state

Where Airah concentrates geographically, total births since 2014

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Airah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
8 5.8%
#2 New York
5 3.6%
Texas share of Airah's total US births 5.8%
Even split

8 of 137 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Airah?
137 babies have been named Airah since 2014. All-time, it sits at #23,681 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #6,796 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2024 with 25 births.
Where does Airah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Airah ranks #23,681 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,796 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Airah most popular?
Airah was most popular in the 2020s decade with 82 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Where is Airah most popular?
The top states for the name Airah are Texas (8 births), New York (5 births).
How long has the name Airah been used?
Airah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2014, spanning 12 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Airah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aira, Airam, Airiana, Airianna, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Airah's data

  • Texas records the most Airahs (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 Airah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2014–2025 (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 Airah 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.