Girls' name · since 2001
Ayelen
Ayelen has 783 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,871 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,125 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 783
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
783 babies have been named Ayelen since 2001, making it today's #3125 girls' name.
Ayelen has 783 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3125 as of the latest data, more common than 82% 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 2001 to 2025.
- #8,871 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,125 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 783 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayelen ranks #8,871 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,125 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 783 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,871 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,125 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 783
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ayelen's 783 recorded births place it above 87.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Ayelen compares
783 Top 37% higher than 63% of 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
Ayelen's all-time total is 108% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayelen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 783 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 64 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ayelen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ayelen's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 64, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ayelen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Ayelen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (421 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Ayelen's strongest decade.
421 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Ayelen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
215 births
- 2010s
2010s
421 births
- 2020s 147
2020s
147 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 421 births (54% of all-time use).
How Ayelen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Ayelen's total volume
Ayelen by state
Where Ayelen concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 138 | 17.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 69 | 8.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 29 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.8% |
138 of 783 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Ayelen's data
- Ayelen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (421 total births) through the 2020s (147) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Ayelens (138 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Ayelen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Ayelen 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.