Girls' name · since 1994
Alyiah
Alyiah has 1,040 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,303 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,800 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,040
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,040 babies have been named Alyiah since 1994, making it today's #13800 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyiah has been recorded 1,040 times among girls since 1994, currently ranked #13800 nationally and more common than 20% 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 1994 to 2025.
- #7,303 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,800 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,040 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyiah ranks #7,303 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,800 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,040 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,303 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,800 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,040
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alyiah's 1,040 recorded births place it above 89.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Alyiah compares
1,040 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Alyiah's all-time total is 177% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alyiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,040 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 64 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alyiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alyiah splits its recorded history at 2009: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2025 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 64 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alyiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Alyiah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (477 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Alyiah's strongest decade.
477 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Alyiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 138
1990s
138 births
- 2000s
2000s
477 births
- 2010s
2010s
362 births
- 2020s 63
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 477 births (46% of all-time use).
How Alyiah 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 Alyiah's total volume
Alyiah by state
Where Alyiah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 66 | 6.3% |
| #2 | California | | 56 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 21 | 2.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
66 of 1,040 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Alyiah's data
- Alyiah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (477 total births); usage has since declined to 63 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Alyiahs (66 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Alyiah: 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 Alyiah 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.