Aalyah — #7412 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Aalyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 730 babies named Aalyah between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aalyah currently holds the #7412 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aalyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 375 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Aalyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 131 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Aalyah in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aalyah 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 730 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.