Girls' name · since 2000
Alimah
Alimah has 52 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,473 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alimah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 52 recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alimah has been recorded 52 times among girls since 2000, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2016.
- #34,473 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 52 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alimah ranks #34,473 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 52 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #34,473 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alimah's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alimah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alimah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alimah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2016
- Peak year (2011)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Alimah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (36 births, 69% of the file).
2010s was Alimah's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Alimah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 36 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alimah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2000–2016 (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 Alimah 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.