Aalyiah — #9816 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Aalyiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 807 babies named Aalyiah between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aalyiah currently holds the #9816 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 52 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aalyiah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 363 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Aalyiah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 47 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Aalyiah in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aalyiah 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 807 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.