Girls' name · since 1985
Airiel
145 babies named Airiel in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Airiel is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 145 have been recorded since 1985.
Airiel has 145 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2011.
- #23,090 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 145 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Airiel ranks #23,090 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Airiel's 145 recorded births place it above 67.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Ohio.
Airiel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Airiel's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Airiel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2011
- Peak year (1991)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Airiel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (84 births, 58% of the file).
1990s was Airiel's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Airiel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 84 births (58% of all-time use).
Airiel by state
Where Airiel concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 145 births nationwide.
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What to do with Airiel's data
- Airiel's decade-level peak was the 1990s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Airiels (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio 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 Airiel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1985–2011 (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 Airiel 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.