Girls' name · since 1997
Ayleah
Ayleah has 74 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,438 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 74
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
74 girls have been named Ayleah since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayleah has been recorded 74 times among girls since 1997, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1997 to 2019.
- #30,438 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 74 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayleah ranks #30,438 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 74 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,438 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 74
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ayleah's 74 recorded births place it above 57.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ayleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ayleah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ayleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2019
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Ayleah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (42 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Ayleah's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Ayleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 42 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ayleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1997–2019 (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 Ayleah 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.