Boys' name · since 2004
Alyan
192 babies named Alyan in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,204 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,663 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 192
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
192 babies have been named Alyan since 2004, making it today's #8663 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyan has been recorded 192 times among boys since 2004, currently ranked #8663 nationally and more common than 38% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #13,204 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,663 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 192 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyan ranks #13,204 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,663 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 192 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,204 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,663 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 192
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alyan's 192 recorded births place it above 70.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Alyan compares
192 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Alyan's all-time total is 48% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alyan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 192 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Alyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alyan splits its recorded history at 2019: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alyan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Alyan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (113 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Alyan's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Alyan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
113 births
- 2020s
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 113 births (59% of all-time use).
Alyan by state
Where Alyan concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 5.2% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
10 of 192 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Alyan's data
- Alyan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (113 total births) through the 2020s (74) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Alyans (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alyan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~21 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, 2004–2025 (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 Alyan 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.