Alyaan — #8037 US boys' name
138 babies named Alyaan in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to boys today.
60% of everyone ever named Alyaan was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Alyaan in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alyaan
The Social Security Administration has registered 138 babies named Alyaan between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alyaan currently holds the #8037 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alyaan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Alyaan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alyaan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alyaan 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 138 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.
Alyaan at a glance
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Current rank
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Alyaan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2016)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #8037 among boys.
138 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 22 births in a single year.
Alyaan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 83 births that decade — 60% of Alyaan's all-time total
Alyaan decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alyaan's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Alyaan by state
Where Alyaan concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12 | 8.7% |
12 of 138 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.7% 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, 2001–2024 (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.