Girls' name · since 1973
Alya
2,242 babies named Alya in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,363 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,337 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,242
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alya is the #1337 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,242 recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Alya recorded 2,242 times among girls since 1973, holding rank #1337 nationally today, ahead of 92% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #4,363 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,337 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,242 born since 1973
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alya ranks #4,363 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,337 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,242 born since 1973, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,363 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,337 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,242
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alya's 2,242 recorded births place it above 93.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alya compares
2,242 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Alya's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,242 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 190 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alya's full recorded timeline at 2004, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 190 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 190
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Alya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (989 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Alya's strongest decade.
989 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Alya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 50
1980s
50 births
- 1990s 148
1990s
148 births
- 2000s 357
2000s
357 births
- 2010s
2010s
688 births
- 2020s
2020s
989 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 989 births (44% of all-time use).
How Alya 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 Alya's total volume
Alya by state
Where Alya concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 304 | 13.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 194 | 8.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 186 | 8.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 134 | 6.0% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 81 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 35 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 31 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 24 | 1.1% |
304 of 2,242 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Alya appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Alyas (304 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 Alya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Alya 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.