Boys' name · since 1968
Aul
46 babies named Aul in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,697 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 46
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
46 boys have been named Aul since 1968, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aul has been recorded 46 times among boys since 1968, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1985.
- #22,697 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 46 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aul ranks #22,697 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,697 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 46
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Aul's 46 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aul's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aul's full recorded timeline at 1982, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aul popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1985
- Peak year (1984)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Aul by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (28 births, 61% of the file).
1980s was Aul's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Aul births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 28 births (61% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aul: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1968–1985 (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 Aul 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.