Girls' name · since 1986
Alyia
Alyia has 527 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,457 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,295 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 527
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alyia is the #12295 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 527 recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyia has been recorded 527 times among girls since 1986, currently ranked #12295 nationally and more common than 29% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #11,457 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,295 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 527 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyia ranks #11,457 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,295 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 527 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,457 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,295 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 527
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alyia's 527 recorded births place it above 84.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Alyia compares
527 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Alyia's all-time total is 40% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alyia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 527 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alyia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alyia's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 33, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alyia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Alyia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (251 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Alyia's strongest decade.
251 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Alyia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
101 births
- 2000s
2000s
251 births
- 2010s
2010s
139 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 251 births (48% of all-time use).
How Alyia 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 Alyia's total volume
Alyia by state
Where Alyia concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
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What to do with Alyia's data
- Alyia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (251 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Alyias (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Alyia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alyia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Alyia 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.