Saliyah — #5361 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Saliyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 524 babies named Saliyah between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saliyah currently holds the #5361 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saliyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 253 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Saliyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Saliyah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saliyah 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 524 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.