Aliyyah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Aliyyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 234 babies named Aliyyah between 1987 and 2020, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aliyyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aliyyah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Aliyyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aliyyah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aliyyah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 234 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.