Girls' name · since 2000
Aleyha
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 21 babies named Aleyha, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #45,156 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
21 girls have been named Aleyha since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Aleyha has 21 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2024.
- #45,156 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aleyha ranks #45,156 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #45,156 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aleyha's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aleyha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aleyha splits its recorded history at 2020: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aleyha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2024
- Peak year (2013)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Aleyha by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Aleyha's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Aleyha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aleyha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2000–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Aleyha 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 August 2026.