Boys' name · since 1974
Ayal
Ayal has 45 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,858 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,950 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 45
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ayal is the #10950 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 45 recorded since 1974.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayal has been recorded 45 times among boys since 1974, currently ranked #10950 nationally and more common than 21% of boys, 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 1974 to 2025.
- #22,858 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,950 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 45 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayal ranks #22,858 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,950 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 45 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,858 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,950 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 45
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ayal's 45 recorded births place it above 49.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ayal compares
45 16th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Ayal's all-time total is 88% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayal | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 45 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ayal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ayal's full recorded timeline at 1983, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ayal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Ayal by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (20 births, 44% of the file).
1980s was Ayal's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Ayal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
8 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 20 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ayal's data
- Ayal's decade-level peak was the 1980s (20 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Ayal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Ayal 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.