Girls' name · since 1998
Iliyah
Iliyah has 345 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,750 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,395 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 345
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Iliyah currently ranks #11395 among girls' names in America, with 345 babies recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Iliyah recorded 345 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #11395 nationally today, ahead of 34% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #14,750 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,395 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 345 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Iliyah ranks #14,750 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,395 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 345 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,750 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,395 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 345
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Iliyah's 345 recorded births place it above 79.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Iliyah compares
345 48th 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
Iliyah's all-time total is 8% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Iliyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 345 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Iliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Iliyah's full recorded timeline at 2012, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Iliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Iliyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (146 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Iliyah's strongest decade.
146 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Iliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
142 births
- 2010s
2010s
146 births
- 2020s 46
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 146 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Iliyah's data
- Iliyah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (146 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Iliyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Iliyah 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.