Recorded 1994–2020 Girls' name Peak 2002 129 births

Aaliayah — girls' name

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.

1990s362000s632010s252020s5
2000s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Aaliayah was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

11 babies were named Aaliayah in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aaliayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 129 babies named Aaliayah between 1994 and 2020, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aaliayah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aaliayah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Aaliayah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aaliayah 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 129 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.

Aaliayah at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

129

Since 1994

27 years of records

Peak year

2002

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1994

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2020

Aaliayah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1994

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2002)
11
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
4681012 2020201120072004199919951994 5

Aaliayah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
63 births that decade — 49% of Aaliayah's all-time total
1990s362000s632010s252020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aaliayah?
129 babies have been named Aaliayah since 1994. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2002 with 11 births.
When was Aaliayah most popular?
Aaliayah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 63 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Aaliayah been used?
Aaliayah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 27 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Aaliayah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aaliyah, Aaliya, Aaleyah, Aalayah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.