Girls' name · since 1988
Aylah
2,332 babies named Aylah in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,242 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,315 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,332
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
2,332 babies have been named Aylah since 1988, making it today's #1315 girls' name.
Aylah has 2,332 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1315 as of the latest data, more common than 92% 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 1988 to 2025.
- #4,242 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,315 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,332 born since 1988
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aylah ranks #4,242 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,315 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,332 born since 1988, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,242 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,315 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,332
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aylah's 2,332 recorded births place it above 94.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Aylah compares
2,332 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Aylah's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aylah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,332 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 213 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aylah splits its recorded history at 2009: 88% of all births land in the more recent half, 12% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 213 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 213
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Aylah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,073 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Aylah's strongest decade.
1,073 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Aylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 40
1990s
40 births
- 2000s 294
2000s
294 births
- 2010s
2010s
920 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,073 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,073 births (46% of all-time use).
How Aylah 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 Aylah's total volume
Aylah by state
Where Aylah concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 245 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 151 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 106 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 100 | 4.3% |
| #5 | New York | | 93 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 69 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 48 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 48 | 2.1% |
245 of 2,332 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Aylah appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Aylahs (245 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 Aylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Aylah 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.