Ayelen — #3154 US girls' name
730 babies named Ayelen in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 82% of names given to girls today.
58% of everyone ever named Ayelen was born in this single decade.
64 babies were named Ayelen in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ayelen
The Social Security Administration has registered 730 babies named Ayelen between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ayelen currently holds the #3154 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 64 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayelen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 421 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ayelen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 138 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ayelen in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ayelen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 730 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ayelen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Ayelen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2015)
- 64
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #3154 among girls.
730 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 64 births in a single year.
Ayelen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 421 births that decade — 58% of Ayelen's all-time total
Ayelen decade highlights
- Peak decade 421 births
- Runner-up 215 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ayelen's strongest decade
421 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Ayelen by state
Where Ayelen concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 138 | 18.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 56 | 7.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 29 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 11 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 7 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.8% |
138 of 730 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.9% of nationwide
- Texas 7.7% of nationwide
- New York 4.0% of nationwide
- Florida 1.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.