Girls' name · since 2003
Alailah
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 135 babies named Alailah, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,830 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,565 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
135 babies have been named Alailah since 2003, making it today's #10565 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alailah has been recorded 135 times among girls since 2003, currently ranked #10565 nationally and more common than 39% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #23,830 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,565 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 135 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alailah ranks #23,830 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,565 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 135 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,830 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,565 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alailah's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Alailah compares
135 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
Alailah's all-time total is 64% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alailah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 135 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alailah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alailah's full recorded timeline at 2015, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alailah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Alailah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (50 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Alailah's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Alailah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 50 births (37% of all-time use).
Alailah by state
Where Alailah concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.7% |
5 of 135 births nationwide.
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What to do with Alailah's data
- Alailah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (50 total births) through the 2020s (46) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Alailahs (5 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 Alailah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Alailah 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.