Girls' name · since 2009

Alylah

Alylah has 203 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#19,639 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,246 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
203
born since 2009
2010s
peak decade

203 babies have been named Alylah since 2009, making it today's #8246 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alylah has been recorded 203 times among girls since 2009, currently ranked #8246 nationally and more common than 52% of girls, 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 2009 to 2025.

  • #19,639 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #8,246 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 203 born since 2009
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alylah ranks #19,639 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,246 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 203 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.

#19,639 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#8,246 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
203
born since 2009
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%52.3%
Alylah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Alylah's 203 recorded births place it above 72.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Alylah compares

203 37th percentile among 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

Alylah's all-time total is 46% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Alylah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 203 376 567,345
Peak-year births 19 21 19,840

Alylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Alylah's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Alylah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
19
Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
05101520 200920122014201620182020202220242025 13

Alylah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (104 births, 51% of the file).

2010s was Alylah's strongest decade.

104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.

Alylah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 104 births (51% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alylah?
Since 2009, Social Security records show 203 babies named Alylah. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #19,639 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #8,246 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2024, with 19 births.
Where does Alylah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alylah ranks #19,639 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,246 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Alylah most popular?
Alylah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 104 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
How long has the name Alylah been used?
Records for Alylah go back to 2009, giving 17 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Alylah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Alyssa, Alyson, Alyce, Alycia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Alylah's data

  • Alylah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (104 total births) through the 2020s (94) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Alylah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Alylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2009–2025 (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 Alylah 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.