Girls' name · since 1995
Jaaliyah
411 babies named Jaaliyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,294 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,744 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 411
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaaliyah currently ranks #9744 among girls' names in America, with 411 babies recorded since 1995.
Social Security Administration records show Jaaliyah recorded 411 times among girls since 1995, holding rank #9744 nationally today, ahead of 44% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #13,294 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,744 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 411 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaaliyah ranks #13,294 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,744 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 411 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,294 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,744 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 411
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaaliyah's 411 recorded births place it above 81.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jaaliyah compares
411 Top 49% higher than 51% of 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
Jaaliyah's all-time total is 9% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaaliyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 411 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jaaliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jaaliyah splits its recorded history at 2011: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jaaliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Jaaliyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (157 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Jaaliyah's strongest decade.
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jaaliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
157 births
- 2010s
2010s
148 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 157 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Jaaliyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (157 total births) through the 2020s (81) -- 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 Jaaliyah: 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 (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Jaaliyah 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.