Recorded 1997–2019 Girls' name Peak 2009 74 births

Ayleah — girls' name

74 babies named Ayleah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s272010s42
2010s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Ayleah was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

9 babies were named Ayleah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ayleah

The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Ayleah between 1997 and 2019, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ayleah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ayleah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ayleah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ayleah 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 74 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.

Ayleah at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

74

Since 1997

23 years of records

Peak year

2009

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1997

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2019

Ayleah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1997

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2009)
9
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
45678910 201920182017201520122011201020092008200420031997 5

Ayleah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
42 births that decade — 57% of Ayleah's all-time total
1990s52000s272010s42

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ayleah?
74 babies have been named Ayleah since 1997. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2009 with 9 births.
When was Ayleah most popular?
Ayleah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 42 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Ayleah been used?
Ayleah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 23 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Ayleah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ayla, Aylin, Ayleen, Aylah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1997–2019 (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.