Alailah — #12815 US girls' name
126 babies named Alailah in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 27% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Alailah was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Alailah in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alailah
The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Alailah between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alailah currently holds the #12815 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alailah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Alailah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alailah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alailah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 126 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alailah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alailah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2018)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #12815 among girls.
126 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 13 births in a single year.
Alailah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 50 births that decade — 40% of Alailah's all-time total
Alailah decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alailah's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% 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 | 4.0% |
5 of 126 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.