Girls' name · since 2007
Naaliyah
30 babies named Naaliyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,020 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,902 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 30
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
30 babies have been named Naaliyah since 2007, making it today's #9902 girls' name.
Naaliyah has 30 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9902 as of the latest data, more common than 43% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #41,020 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,902 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 30 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naaliyah ranks #41,020 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,902 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 30 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #41,020 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,902 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 30
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Naaliyah's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Naaliyah compares
30 11th 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
Naaliyah's all-time total is 92% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naaliyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 30 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Naaliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Naaliyah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Naaliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Naaliyah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (15 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Naaliyah's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Naaliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Naaliyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2007–2025 (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 Naaliyah 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.