Girls' name · since 1994
Aliayah
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 239 babies named Aliayah, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,016 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 239
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aliayah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 239 have been recorded since 1994.
Aliayah has 239 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2024.
- #18,016 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 239 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aliayah ranks #18,016 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 239 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,016 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 239
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aliayah's 239 recorded births place it above 75.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aliayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aliayah splits its recorded history at 2007: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aliayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2024
- Peak year (2006)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Aliayah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (116 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Aliayah's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Aliayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
- 2000s
2000s
116 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 116 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Aliayah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (116 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aliayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
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, 1994–2024 (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 Aliayah 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.