Girls' name · since 1988
Ayriel
157 babies named Ayriel in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,285 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 157
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
157 girls have been named Ayriel since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayriel has been recorded 157 times among girls since 1988, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2019.
- #22,285 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 157 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ayriel ranks #22,285 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 157 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,285 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 157
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ayriel's 157 recorded births place it above 69.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ayriel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ayriel's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ayriel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2019
- Peak year (1991)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Ayriel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (67 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Ayriel's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Ayriel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s 25
2010s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 67 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Ayriel's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (67 total births) through the 2010s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ayriel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1988–2019 (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 Ayriel 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.