Alyah — #2678 US girls' name
1,419 babies named Alyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Alyah was born in this single decade.
65 babies were named Alyah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,419 babies named Alyah between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alyah currently holds the #2678 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 65 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 564 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Alyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 282 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Alyah in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alyah 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 1,419 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.
Alyah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2009)
- 65
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #2678 among girls.
1,419 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 65 births in a single year.
Alyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 564 births that decade — 40% of Alyah's all-time total
Alyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 564 births
- Runner-up 450 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Alyah's strongest decade
564 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Alyah by state
Where Alyah concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 282 | 19.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 160 | 11.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 50 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 8 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.4% |
282 of 1,419 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 19.9% of nationwide
- Texas 11.3% of nationwide
- Florida 3.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.7% of nationwide
- New York 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 19.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Alyah appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1994–2024 (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.