Alizah — #2308 US girls' name
1,372 babies named Alizah in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 87% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Alizah was born in this single decade.
96 babies were named Alizah in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alizah
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,372 babies named Alizah between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alizah currently holds the #2308 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 96 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alizah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 495 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Alizah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 218 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Alizah in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alizah 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 1,372 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.
Alizah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alizah popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2022)
- 96
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #2308 among girls.
1,372 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 96 births in a single year.
Alizah popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2003 (Alizah as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Alizah accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Alizah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 495 births that decade — 36% of Alizah's all-time total
Alizah decade highlights
- Peak decade 495 births
- Runner-up 404 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alizah's strongest decade
495 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Alizah by state
Where Alizah concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 218 | 15.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 193 | 14.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 40 | 2.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 27 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 0.4% |
218 of 1,372 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 15.9% of nationwide
- Texas 14.1% of nationwide
- Florida 2.9% of nationwide
- New York 2.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.