Aylah — #1329 US girls' name
2,159 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.
More common than 92% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Aylah was born in this single decade.
213 babies were named Aylah in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aylah
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,159 babies named Aylah between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aylah currently holds the #1329 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 213 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aylah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 918 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Aylah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 216 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Aylah in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aylah 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 2,159 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.
Aylah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2021)
- 213
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #1329 among girls.
2,159 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 213 births in a single year.
Aylah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 918 births that decade — 43% of Aylah's all-time total
Aylah decade highlights
- Peak decade 918 births
- Runner-up 902 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aylah's strongest decade
918 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Aylah by state
Where Aylah concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 216 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 134 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 97 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 88 | 4.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 82 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 57 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 48 | 2.2% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 43 | 2.0% |
216 of 2,159 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.0% of nationwide
- Texas 6.2% of nationwide
- Florida 4.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.1% of nationwide
- New York 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 25 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Aylah appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1988–2024 (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.