Girls' name · since 1994
Aaleeyah
153 babies named Aaleeyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,538 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 153
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
153 girls have been named Aaleeyah since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Aaleeyah has 153 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2024.
- #22,538 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 153 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aaleeyah ranks #22,538 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 153 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,538 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 153
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aaleeyah's 153 recorded births place it above 68.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aaleeyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aaleeyah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aaleeyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2024
- Peak year (2013)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Aaleeyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (76 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Aaleeyah's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Aaleeyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
76 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 76 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Aaleeyah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (76 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aaleeyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1994–2024 (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 Aaleeyah 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.