Girls' name · since 2010
Ayleigh
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 48 babies named Ayleigh, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #35,380 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
48 girls have been named Ayleigh since 2010, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ayleigh has 48 recorded births among girls since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2010 to 2018.
- #35,380 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 48 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayleigh ranks #35,380 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 48 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #35,380 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ayleigh's 48 recorded births place it above 50.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ayleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ayleigh splits its recorded history at 2014: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ayleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2018
- Peak year (2015)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Ayleigh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (48 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Ayleigh's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ayleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 48 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ayleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2010–2018 (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 Ayleigh 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.