Girls' name · since 1994
Aaliayah
129 babies named Aaliayah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,292 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 129
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
129 girls have been named Aaliayah since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Aaliayah recorded 129 times among girls since 1994, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2020.
- #24,292 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 129 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aaliayah ranks #24,292 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 129 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,292 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 129
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aaliayah's 129 recorded births place it above 66.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aaliayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aaliayah's full recorded timeline at 2005, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aaliayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2020
- Peak year (2002)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Aaliayah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (63 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Aaliayah's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Aaliayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s 25
2010s
25 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 63 births (49% of all-time use).
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What to do with Aaliayah's data
- Aaliayah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Aaliayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1994–2020 (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 Aaliayah 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.