Girls' name · since 1982
Airel
Since 1982, U.S. Social Security records show 277 babies named Airel, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,576 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 277
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Airel is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 277 have been recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Airel recorded 277 times among girls since 1982, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2020.
- #16,576 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 277 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Airel ranks #16,576 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 277 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,576 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 277
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Airel's 277 recorded births place it above 77.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Airel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Airel's full recorded timeline at 2001, 36% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 64% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Airel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2020
- Peak year (1990)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Airel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (146 births, 53% of the file).
1990s was Airel's strongest decade.
146 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Airel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
146 births
- 2000s
2000s
93 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 146 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Airel's data
- Airel's decade-level peak was the 1990s (146 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Airel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1982–2020 (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 Airel 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.