Girls' name · since 1914
Aylene
Aylene has 514 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,636 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,163 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 514
- born since 1914
- 2000s
- peak decade
514 babies have been named Aylene since 1914, making it today's #7163 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aylene has been recorded 514 times among girls since 1914, currently ranked #7163 nationally and more common than 59% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #11,636 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,163 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 514 born since 1914
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aylene ranks #11,636 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,163 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 514 born since 1914, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,636 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,163 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 514
- born since 1914
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aylene's 514 recorded births place it above 83.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Aylene compares
514 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
Aylene's all-time total is 37% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aylene | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 514 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aylene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aylene's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aylene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Aylene by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (178 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Aylene's strongest decade.
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Aylene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 27
1910s
27 births
- 1920s 45
1920s
45 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1990s 32
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
178 births
- 2010s
2010s
150 births
- 2020s 71
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 178 births (35% of all-time use).
How Aylene 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 Aylene's total volume
Aylene by state
Where Aylene concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 130 | 25.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 43 | 8.4% |
130 of 514 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Aylene's data
- Aylene's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (178 total births) through the 2020s (71) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Aylenes (130 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aylene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Aylene 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.