Girls' name · since 1987
Aliyyah
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 234 babies named Aliyyah, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,211 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 234
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Aliyyah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 234 have been recorded since 1987.
Aliyyah has 234 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2020.
- #18,211 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 234 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aliyyah ranks #18,211 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 234 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,211 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 234
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Aliyyah's 234 recorded births place it above 74.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
Aliyyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aliyyah's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aliyyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2020
- Peak year (1997)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Aliyyah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (99 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Aliyyah's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Aliyyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
99 births
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 99 births (42% of all-time use).
Aliyyah by state
Where Aliyyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 18 | 7.7% |
18 of 234 births nationwide.
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- Aliyyah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (99 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Aliyyahs (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey 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 Aliyyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1987–2020 (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 Aliyyah 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.