Unisex name · since 1997
Alyjah
Alyjah has 341 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,888 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,282 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 341
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alyjah is the #9282 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 341 recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyjah has been recorded 341 times among boys since 1997, currently ranked #9282 nationally and more common than 33% of boys, 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 1997 to 2025.
- #9,888 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,282 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 341 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alyjah ranks #9,888 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,282 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 341 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,888 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,282 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 341
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alyjah's 341 recorded births place it above 78.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Alyjah compares
341 48th 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
Alyjah's all-time total is 8% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alyjah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 341 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Alyjah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alyjah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alyjah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Alyjah popularity over time - girls
50 total births recorded since 1998 (Alyjah as girls' name)
Alyjah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (130 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Alyjah's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Alyjah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
130 births
- 2010s
2010s
121 births
- 2020s
2020s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 130 births (38% of all-time use).
Alyjah by state
Where Alyjah concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 341 births nationwide.
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What to do with Alyjah's data
- Alyjah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (130 total births) through the 2020s (68) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Alyjahs (5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alyjah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Alyjah 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.