Ailey Girl
How popular is Ailey?
#5,098 girl name in 2025
25 baby girls were named Ailey in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
Ailey popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,098 for girls (▲ 342 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 25 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,177 in 2015, #5,165 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (71 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,609 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1992 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ailey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Allie family of names ranked #373 for girls in 2025 (#358 the year before), with 849 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Allie | 529 | 62% |
| Ally | 88 | 10% |
| Aly | 40 | 5% |
| Ailee | 27 | 3% |
| Alli | 18 | 2% |
| Aili | 35 | 4% |
| Ailey | 25 | 3% |
| Aylee | 24 | 3% |
| Alley | 8 | 1% |
| Allee | 9 | 1% |
| Aleigh | 5 | 1% |
| Aily | 13 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ailey is most popular
Babies named Ailey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 girls)
Ailey by decade
Girl names about as popular as Ailey
Questions
- Is Ailey a boy or girl name?
- Ailey is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ailey were girls.
- How popular is the name Ailey?
- 25 baby girls were named Ailey in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
- When was Ailey most popular?
- Ailey peaked in 2008, when 71 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,609 in 2008.
- How many people are named Ailey?
- 969 babies have been named Ailey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 963 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Ailey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ailey was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.