Aaliah — #6488 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Aaliah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,030 babies named Aaliah between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aaliah currently holds the #6488 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 69 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aaliah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 453 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Aaliah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 177 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Aaliah in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aaliah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,030 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.