Recorded 2002–2016 Girls' name Peak 2011 41 births

Aaliyiah — girls' name

41 babies named Aaliyiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s162010s25
2010s
Peak decade

61% of everyone ever named Aaliyiah was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

8 babies were named Aaliyiah in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aaliyiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Aaliyiah between 2002 and 2016, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aaliyiah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aaliyiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Aaliyiah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aaliyiah 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 41 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.

Aaliyiah at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

41

Since 2002

15 years of records

Peak year

2011

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

2002

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 2016

Aaliyiah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2002

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2011)
8
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
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Aaliyiah by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
25 births that decade — 61% of Aaliyiah's all-time total
2000s162010s25

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aaliyiah?
41 babies have been named Aaliyiah since 2002. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2011 with 8 births.
When was Aaliyiah most popular?
Aaliyiah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Aaliyiah been used?
Aaliyiah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 15 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Aaliyiah?
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, 2002–2016 (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.