Galiyah — girls' name
30 babies named Galiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
80% of everyone ever named Galiyah was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Galiyah in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Galiyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Galiyah between 2009 and 2015, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Galiyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Galiyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Galiyah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Galiyah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 30 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Galiyah at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Galiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2009
- Peak year (2011)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
30 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 8 births in a single year.
Galiyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 24 births that decade — 80% of Galiyah's all-time total
Galiyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Galiyah's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.