Girls' name · since 1971
Ayelet
Ayelet has 979 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,634 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,358 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 979
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
979 babies have been named Ayelet since 1971, making it today's #3358 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayelet has been recorded 979 times among girls since 1971, currently ranked #3358 nationally and more common than 81% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #7,634 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,358 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 979 born since 1971
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayelet ranks #7,634 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,358 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 979 born since 1971, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,634 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,358 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 979
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ayelet's 979 recorded births place it above 89.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Ayelet compares
979 Top 33% higher than 67% 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
Ayelet's all-time total is 160% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayelet | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 979 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 46 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ayelet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ayelet's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 75% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 25%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 46, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ayelet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Ayelet by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (294 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Ayelet's strongest decade.
294 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Ayelet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 44
1970s
44 births
- 1980s 93
1980s
93 births
- 1990s
1990s
126 births
- 2000s
2000s
231 births
- 2010s
2010s
294 births
- 2020s
2020s
191 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 294 births (30% of all-time use).
How Ayelet 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 Ayelet's total volume
Ayelet by state
Where Ayelet concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 336 | 34.3% |
| #2 | California | | 19 | 1.9% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 16 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.5% |
336 of 979 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Ayelet's data
- Ayelet's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (294 total births) through the 2020s (191) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Ayelets (336 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Ayelet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Ayelet 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.