Saaliyah — #10727 US girls' name
23 babies named Saaliyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 39% of names given to girls today.
61% of everyone ever named Saaliyah was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Saaliyah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saaliyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Saaliyah between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saaliyah currently holds the #10727 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saaliyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Saaliyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saaliyah 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 23 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.
Saaliyah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Saaliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #10727 among girls.
23 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 9 births in a single year.
Saaliyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 14 births that decade — 61% of Saaliyah's all-time total
Saaliyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Runner-up 9 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Saaliyah's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% 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, 2002–2024 (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.