Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 2022

Ailee

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #4,883 Trend → Stable
Rank 2025
#4,883
among girls · ↓1,124 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
27
named Ailee · -32% vs 2024
How common
1 in 59,528
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2022
56 babies
All-time total
876
#8,218 all-time among girls
First recorded
1974
in Social Security records

Ailee popularity over time

876 babies have been named Ailee since 1974, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.010.020.030.0418801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2022Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s – – – –
1970s 5 1 – #8,795
1980s – – – –
1990s 47 5 – #6,839
2000s 180 18 +283% #5,210
2010s 396 40 +120% #3,053
2020s (to 2025) 248 41 +4% #2,956

Where Ailee is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 27 0.02 outside top 500
2027 27 0.02 outside top 500
2028 26 0.02 outside top 500
2029 26 0.02 outside top 500
2030 26 0.02 outside top 500

The story of Ailee

Ailee is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #4,883 in 2025 with 27 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1974, 876 American babies have been named Ailee. Its peak came in 2022, when 56 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Ailee stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Ailee?

The median living Ailee is about 10 years old; half are between 5 and 16. An estimated 900 people named Ailee are alive in the United States today.

median 10 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Ailee year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 27 #4,883
2024 40 #3,759
2023 31 #4,459
2022 56 #2,956
2021 54 #3,038
2020 40 #3,681
2019 34 #4,166
2018 33 #4,239
2017 53 #3,053
2016 50 #3,231
2015 51 #3,211
2014 30 #4,659
2013 40 #3,781
2012 44 #3,586
2011 28 #4,918
2010 33 #4,399
2009 23 #5,897
2008 26 #5,438
2007 18 #7,100
2006 15 #7,879
2005 18 #6,537
2004 24 #5,210
2003 16 #6,891
2002 21 #5,449
2001 6 #13,553
2000 13 #7,589
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Famous people named Ailee

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Ailee Ailee American singer (born 1989) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Ailee, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Ailee?

The median living Ailee is about 10 years old. Half of all living Ailees are between 5 and 16 years old.

How many people named Ailee are alive today?

An estimated 900 people named Ailee are alive in the United States, based on 876 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Ailee in 2025?

Ailee ranked #4,883 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 27 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Ailee?

876 babies have been named Ailee in the United States since 1974, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Ailee most popular?

Ailee peaked in 2022, when 56 newborns received the name.

Is Ailee a boy or girl name?

Ailee is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Ailee rising or falling?

Ailee has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Ailee become more popular?

Ailee looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 26 girls named Ailee in 2030, ranking outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Ailee?

Well-known people named Ailee include Ailee (actor).

Names like Ailee

Names that sound and feel close to Ailee: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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