Girls' name · since 2012

Areyah

Areyah has 92 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#27,983 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,855 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
92
born since 2012
2010s
peak decade

Areyah currently ranks #12855 among girls' names in America, with 92 babies recorded since 2012.

Areyah has 92 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12855 as of the latest data, more common than 26% 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 2012 to 2025.

  • #27,983 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #12,855 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 92 born since 2012
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Areyah ranks #27,983 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,855 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 92 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.

#27,983 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,855 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
92
born since 2012
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%25.6%
Areyah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Areyah's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Areyah compares

92 23rd 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

Areyah's all-time total is 76% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Areyah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 92 376 567,345
Peak-year births 9 21 19,840

Areyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Areyah's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Areyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2018)
9
Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
45678910 2012201520172019202120232025 7

Areyah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (46 births, 50% of the file).

2010s was Areyah's strongest decade.

46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.

Areyah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 46 births (50% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Areyah?
Since 2012, Social Security records show 92 babies named Areyah. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #27,983 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #12,855 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2018, with 9 births.
Where does Areyah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Areyah ranks #27,983 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,855 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Areyah most popular?
Areyah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 46 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Areyah been used?
Records for Areyah go back to 2012, giving 14 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Areyah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Arely, Areli, Aretha, Aretta, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Areyah's data

  • Areyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (46 total births) through the 2020s (46) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Areyah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Areyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2012–2025 (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 Areyah 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.