Girls' name · since 1997
Aalaiyah
111 babies named Aalaiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,933 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,456 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aalaiyah currently ranks #12456 among girls' names in America, with 111 babies recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aalaiyah has been recorded 111 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #12456 nationally and more common than 28% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #25,933 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,456 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 111 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aalaiyah ranks #25,933 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,456 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 111 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,933 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,456 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aalaiyah's 111 recorded births place it above 64.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Aalaiyah compares
111 27th percentile among 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
Aalaiyah's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aalaiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 111 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aalaiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aalaiyah's full recorded timeline at 2016, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aalaiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Aalaiyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (51 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Aalaiyah's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Aalaiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 51 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Aalaiyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- 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 Aalaiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Aalaiyah 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.