Girls' name · since 1961
Aleah
16,592 babies named Aleah in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,195 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #967 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,592
- born since 1961
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aleah is the #967 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 16,592 recorded since 1961.
Aleah has 16,592 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #967 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2025.
- #1,195 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #967 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16,592 born since 1961
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aleah ranks #1,195 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #967 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16,592 born since 1961, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,195 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #967 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,592
- born since 1961
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aleah's 16,592 recorded births place it above 98.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Aleah compares
16,592 Top 7% higher than 93% of 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
Aleah's all-time total is 44x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aleah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16,592 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 814 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aleah's full recorded timeline at 1997, 88% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 12% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 814 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 814
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Aleah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (6,959 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Aleah's strongest decade.
6,959 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Aleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 136
1970s
136 births
- 1980s 691
1980s
691 births
- 1990s 2,191
1990s
2,191 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,190 births
- 2010s
2010s
6,959 births
- 2020s 2,414
2020s
2,414 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 6,959 births (42% of all-time use).
How Aleah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Aleah's total volume
Aleah by state
Where Aleah concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,918 | 11.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,532 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 892 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 768 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 760 | 4.6% |
| #6 | New York | | 759 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 525 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 521 | 3.1% |
1,918 of 16,592 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Aleah appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Aleah's data
- Aleah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (6,959 total births) through the 2020s (2,414) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Aleahs (1,918 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Aleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1961–2025 (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 Aleah 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.