Unisex name · since 2003
Aliyan
Aliyan has 148 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,820 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,046 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 148
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
148 babies have been named Aliyan since 2003, making it today's #7046 unisex name.
Aliyan has 148 recorded births among boys since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7046 as of the latest data, more common than 49% of boys, 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 2003 to 2025.
- #14,820 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,046 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 148 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aliyan ranks #14,820 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,046 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 148 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,820 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,046 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 148
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Aliyan's 148 recorded births place it above 67.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Aliyan compares
148 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Aliyan's all-time total is 60% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aliyan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 148 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Aliyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aliyan's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aliyan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Aliyan popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 2002 (Aliyan as girls' name)
Aliyan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (83 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Aliyan's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Aliyan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 83 births (56% of all-time use).
Aliyan by state
Where Aliyan concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 148 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Aliyans (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Aliyan: 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, 2003–2025 (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 Aliyan 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.