Girls' name · since 1993

Jaliah

Jaliah has 1,170 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#6,737 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#5,642 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,170
born since 1993
2010s
peak decade

1,170 babies have been named Jaliah since 1993, making it today's #5642 girls' name.

Jaliah has 1,170 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5642 as of the latest data, more common than 67% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.

  • #6,737 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #5,642 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 1,170 born since 1993
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaliah ranks #6,737 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,642 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,170 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.

#6,737 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#5,642 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,170
born since 1993
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%67.3%
Jaliah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Jaliah's 1,170 recorded births place it above 90.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

9 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.

How Jaliah compares

1,170 Top 30% higher than 70% 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

Jaliah's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Jaliah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 1,170 376 567,345
Peak-year births 77 21 19,840

Jaliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Jaliah's full recorded timeline at 2010, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 77 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Jaliah popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2011)
77
Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
020406080100 199319982002200620102014201820222025 22

Jaliah popularity over time - boys

6 total births recorded since 2005 (Jaliah as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 6 births
6 2005 6

Jaliah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (494 births, 42% of the file).

2010s was Jaliah's strongest decade.

494 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.

Jaliah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 494 births (42% of all-time use).

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

How Jaliah compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jaliah's total volume

Jaliah vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -20, 9.4%-104, 2.6%-132, 2.5%-35, 8.5%-31, 9.3%-31, 9.9%-38, 4.6%-56, 5.8%-37, 6.8%-61, 2.9%-34, 7.1%-43, 13.3%-49, 5.7%-49, 5.7%-31, 5.3%Jaliah-33, 6.6%Jaliah
Jaliah vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Jaliah by state

Where Jaliah concentrates geographically, total births since 1993

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Jaliah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Florida
102 8.7%
#2 Georgia
22 1.9%
#3 Alabama
21 1.8%
#4 California
21 1.8%
#5 North Carolina
19 1.6%
#6 Louisiana
16 1.4%
#7 Texas
16 1.4%
#8 Illinois
12 1.0%
Florida share of Jaliah's total US births 8.7%
Even split

102 of 1,170 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.

Jaliah appears in 9 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jaliah?
Jaliah has been given to 1,170 babies in the U.S. since 1993, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #6,737 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #5,642 of 17,297. 77 babies were born in 2011, its single highest year.
Where does Jaliah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaliah ranks #6,737 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,642 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 Jaliah most popular?
Jaliah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 494 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
Where is Jaliah most popular?
The top states for the name Jaliah are Florida (102 births), Georgia (22 births), Alabama (21 births).
How long has the name Jaliah been used?
Records for Jaliah go back to 1993, giving 33 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Jaliah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jaliyah, Jalisa, Jalyn, Jalynn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Jaliah's data

  • Jaliah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (494 total births) through the 2020s (175) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Florida records the most Jaliahs (102 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names

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

Keep exploring Jaliah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jaliah: 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, 1993–2025 (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 Jaliah 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.