Girls' name · since 2012
Ayela
Ayela has 55 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,816 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ayela sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 55 recorded since 2012.
Social Security Administration records show Ayela recorded 55 times among girls since 2012, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2024.
- #33,816 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 55 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayela ranks #33,816 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #33,816 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ayela's 55 recorded births place it above 52.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ayela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ayela splits its recorded history at 2021: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2022 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ayela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2024
- Peak year (2012)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Ayela by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Ayela's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Ayela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ayela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2012–2024 (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 Ayela 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.