Total births
41
Girls' name · since 2002
Aaliyiah
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.
- 41
- total births
- 2002–2016
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
Aaliyiah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 41 have been recorded since 2002.
Aaliyiah has 41 recorded births among girls since 2002, 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 2002 to 2016.
- 41 total births
- 2002–2016 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 61% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
41 girls have been named Aaliyiah since 2002, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2016.
- 41
- total births
- 2002–2016
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
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.
Aaliyiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aaliyiah's full recorded timeline at 2010, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aaliyiah at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
2011
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2002
Aaliyiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2016
- Peak year (2011)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Aaliyiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Aaliyiah's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Aaliyiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 25 births (61% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Aaliyiah? ▼
Since 2002, Social Security records show 41 babies named Aaliyiah. The most recent recorded year was 2016. Its busiest year on record 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.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2002–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Aaliyiah: Baby Name Since 2002 - 41 Births, Peak 2011." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/aaliyiah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Aaliyiah 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 June 2026.