Alia — #559 US girls' name
13,526 babies named Alia in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Alia was born in this single decade.
555 babies were named Alia in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alia
The Social Security Administration has registered 13,526 babies named Alia between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alia currently holds the #559 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 555 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,280 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Alia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,223 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Alia in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alia 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 13,526 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.
Alia at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Alia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2019)
- 555
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #559 among girls.
13,526 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 555 births in a single year.
Alia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 4,280 births that decade — 32% of Alia's all-time total
Alia decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,280 births
- Runner-up 2,898 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alia's strongest decade
4,280 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Alia by state
Where Alia concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,223 | 16.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,277 | 9.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,085 | 8.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 750 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 581 | 4.3% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 423 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 394 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 370 | 2.7% |
2,223 of 13,526 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 16.4% of nationwide
- Texas 9.4% of nationwide
- New York 8.0% of nationwide
- Florida 5.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 37 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Alia appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1915–2024 (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.