Girls' name · since 2000
Aylee
524 babies named Aylee in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,498 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,345 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 524
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aylee is the #5345 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 524 recorded since 2000.
Aylee has 524 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5345 as of the latest data, more common than 69% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #11,498 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,345 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 524 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aylee ranks #11,498 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,345 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 524 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,498 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,345 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 524
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aylee's 524 recorded births place it above 84.09% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Aylee compares
524 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Aylee's all-time total is 39% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aylee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 524 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 52 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aylee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aylee's full recorded timeline at 2014, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 52 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aylee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 52
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Aylee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (267 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Aylee's strongest decade.
267 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Aylee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 92
2000s
92 births
- 2010s
2010s
267 births
- 2020s
2020s
165 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 267 births (51% of all-time use).
How Aylee 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 Aylee's total volume
Aylee by state
Where Aylee concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 24 | 4.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 21 | 4.0% |
24 of 524 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Aylee's data
- Aylee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (267 total births) through the 2020s (165) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Aylees (24 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aylee: 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 (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Aylee 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.