Girls' name · since 2002
Carliyah
165 babies named Carliyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 165
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Carliyah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 165 recorded since 2002.
Carliyah has 165 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2024.
- #21,764 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 165 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carliyah ranks #21,764 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 165 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 165
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Carliyah's 165 recorded births place it above 69.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Carliyah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Carliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2024
- Peak year (2010)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Carliyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (75 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Carliyah's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Carliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 75 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Carliyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 2020s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carliyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2002–2024 (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 Carliyah 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.