Girls' name · since 1994
Shaliyah
703 babies named Shaliyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,496 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,389 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 703
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
703 babies have been named Shaliyah since 1994, making it today's #12389 girls' name.
Shaliyah has 703 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12389 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #9,496 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,389 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 703 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaliyah ranks #9,496 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,389 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 703 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,496 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,389 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 703
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shaliyah's 703 recorded births place it above 86.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Shaliyah compares
703 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
Shaliyah's all-time total is 87% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shaliyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 703 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 59 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shaliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shaliyah splits its recorded history at 2009: 28% of all births land in the more recent half, 72% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 59 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shaliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 59
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Shaliyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (392 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Shaliyah's strongest decade.
392 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Shaliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 139
1990s
139 births
- 2000s
2000s
392 births
- 2010s 138
2010s
138 births
- 2020s 34
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 392 births (56% of all-time use).
How Shaliyah 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 Shaliyah's total volume
Shaliyah by state
Where Shaliyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 30 | 4.3% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 28 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #6 | California | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
30 of 703 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Shaliyah appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shaliyah's data
- Shaliyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (392 total births); usage has since declined to 34 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Shaliyahs (30 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shaliyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Shaliyah 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.