Girls' name · since 1990
Alizah
Alizah has 1,459 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,803 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,145 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,459
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alizah is the #2145 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,459 recorded since 1990.
Alizah has 1,459 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2145 as of the latest data, more common than 88% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #5,803 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,145 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,459 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alizah ranks #5,803 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,145 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,459 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,803 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,145 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,459
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alizah's 1,459 recorded births place it above 91.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alizah compares
1,459 Top 27% higher than 73% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Alizah's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alizah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,459 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 96 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alizah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alizah's full recorded timeline at 2009, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 96 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alizah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 96
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Alizah popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 2003 (Alizah as boys' name)
Alizah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (495 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Alizah's strongest decade.
495 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Alizah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 94
1990s
94 births
- 2000s
2000s
379 births
- 2010s
2010s
495 births
- 2020s
2020s
491 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 495 births (34% of all-time use).
How Alizah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alizah's total volume
Alizah by state
Where Alizah concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 232 | 15.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 206 | 14.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 40 | 2.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 27 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.4% |
232 of 1,459 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Alizah appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alizah's data
- Alizah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (495 total births) through the 2020s (491) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Alizahs (232 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alizah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Alizah 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.