Girls' name · since 1963
Ayla
38,040 babies named Ayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #716 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #77 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38,040
- born since 1963
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ayla is the #77 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 38,040 recorded since 1963.
Ayla has 38,040 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #77 as of the latest data, more common than 99.6% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #716 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #77 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 38,040 born since 1963
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayla ranks #716 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #77 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 38,040 born since 1963, peaking in the 2020s.
- #716 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #77 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38,040
- born since 1963
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ayla's 38,040 recorded births place it above 99.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Ayla compares
38,040 Top 5% higher than 95% 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
Ayla's all-time total is 101x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ayla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38,040 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 3,253 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ayla's full recorded timeline at 2001, 90% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 10% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 3,253 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 3,253
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Ayla by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (16,327 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Ayla's strongest decade.
16,327 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Ayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 1,058
1980s
1,058 births
- 1990s 2,431
1990s
2,431 births
- 2000s 5,637
2000s
5,637 births
- 2010s
2010s
12,566 births
- 2020s
2020s
16,327 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 16,327 births (43% of all-time use).
How Ayla 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 Ayla's total volume
Ayla by state
Where Ayla concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,741 | 12.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,625 | 6.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 2,289 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 2,201 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,437 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 1,416 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 1,369 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 1,321 | 3.5% |
4,741 of 38,040 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Ayla appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Ayla's data
- California records the most Aylas (4,741 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 Ayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Ayla 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.