girls:
1.1k births since 1997
#4611 (19th percentile)
boys:
100 births since 2010
#4486 (2nd percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1997
#6535 (16th percentile)
The name Aylen is the #6,535 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,205 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 15.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,611 (19.3% percentile) for all time with 1,105 births since 1997. For boys, it ranks #4,486 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 100 births since 2010.
Aylen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for girls and 2010 for boys).
The name Aylen has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 92.7% of babies named Aylen were girls.
For girls, Aylen reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 9.8% percentile (ranked #864) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 55 births per million (ranked 9.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1999, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Aylen ranks #876 for girls (7.5% percentile) with 43 births per million, which is 78.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Aylen reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #896) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Aylen ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 51.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aylen".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Aylen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.3% confident that Aylen is pronounced as AY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-lihn, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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