Girls' name · since 1994
Alyah
1,477 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.
- #5,749 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,920 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,477
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,477 babies have been named Alyah since 1994, making it today's #2920 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Alyah recorded 1,477 times among girls since 1994, holding rank #2920 nationally today, ahead of 83% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #5,749 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,920 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,477 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyah ranks #5,749 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,920 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,477 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,749 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,920 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,477
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alyah's 1,477 recorded births place it above 92.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alyah compares
1,477 Top 26% higher than 74% 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
Alyah's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,477 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 65 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alyah splits its recorded history at 2010: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (14 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 65 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 65
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Alyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (564 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Alyah's strongest decade.
564 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Alyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 155
1990s
155 births
- 2000s
2000s
564 births
- 2010s
2010s
450 births
- 2020s
2020s
308 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 564 births (38% of all-time use).
How Alyah 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 Alyah's total volume
Alyah by state
Where Alyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 287 | 19.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 170 | 11.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 50 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 8 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.3% |
287 of 1,477 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Alyah appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alyah's data
- Alyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (564 total births) through the 2020s (308) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Alyahs (287 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 Alyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Alyah 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.