Aylen — #1721 US unisex name
1,224 babies named Aylen in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Aylen was born in this single decade.
118 babies were named Aylen in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aylen
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,224 babies named Aylen between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aylen currently holds the #1721 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 118 babies received it in a single year. Aylen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 110 additional births since 2010.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aylen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 573 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Aylen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 235 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Aylen in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aylen 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 1,224 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.
Aylen at a glance
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Current rank
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Aylen popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2024)
- 118
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #1721 among girls.
1,224 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 118 births in a single year.
Aylen popularity over time — boys
110 total births recorded since 2010 (Aylen as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Aylen accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Aylen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 573 births that decade — 47% of Aylen's all-time total
Aylen decade highlights
- Peak decade 573 births
- Runner-up 409 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aylen's strongest decade
573 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Aylen by state
Where Aylen concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 235 | 19.2% |
| #2 | California | | 209 | 17.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 53 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 16 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.4% |
235 of 1,224 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 19.2% of nationwide
- California 17.1% of nationwide
- New York 4.3% of nationwide
- Florida 1.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 19.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Aylen appears in 11 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, 1997–2024 (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.