Girls' name · since 2003
Alyla
Alyla has 253 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,475 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,481 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 253
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alyla is the #6481 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 253 recorded since 2003.
Social Security Administration records show Alyla recorded 253 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #6481 nationally today, ahead of 63% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #17,475 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,481 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 253 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyla ranks #17,475 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,481 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 253 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,475 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,481 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 253
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alyla's 253 recorded births place it above 75.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alyla compares
253 41st 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
Alyla's all-time total is 33% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alyla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 253 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alyla's full recorded timeline at 2015, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% 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 2024 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Alyla by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (120 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Alyla's strongest decade.
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Alyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 32
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
120 births
- 2020s
2020s
101 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 120 births (47% of all-time use).
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What to do with Alyla's data
- Alyla's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (120 total births) through the 2020s (101) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Alyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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 Alyla 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.