Girls' name · since 2006
Alilah
Alilah has 251 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,544 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,523 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 251
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alilah currently ranks #5523 among girls' names in America, with 251 babies recorded since 2006.
Alilah has 251 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5523 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of girls, 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 2006 to 2025.
- #17,544 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,523 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 251 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alilah ranks #17,544 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,523 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 251 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,544 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,523 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 251
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alilah's 251 recorded births place it above 75.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Alilah compares
251 41st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alilah's all-time total is 33% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alilah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 251 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alilah splits its recorded history at 2017: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Alilah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (134 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Alilah's strongest decade.
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Alilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s
2020s
134 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 134 births (53% of all-time use).
Alilah by state
Where Alilah concentrates geographically, total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 2.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 2.0% |
7 of 251 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Alilahs (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alilah: 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, 2006–2025 (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 Alilah 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.