Girls' name · since 1998
Taaliyah
274 babies named Taaliyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,707 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,793 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
274 babies have been named Taaliyah since 1998, making it today's #15793 girls' name.
Taaliyah has 274 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15793 as of the latest data, more common than 9% 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 1998 to 2025.
- #16,707 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,793 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 274 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taaliyah ranks #16,707 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,793 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 274 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,707 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,793 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Taaliyah's 274 recorded births place it above 76.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Taaliyah compares
274 43rd 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
Taaliyah's all-time total is 27% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Taaliyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 274 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 21 | 19,840 |
Taaliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Taaliyah's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2023, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 31, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Taaliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Taaliyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (140 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Taaliyah's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Taaliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
140 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 140 births (51% of all-time use).
Taaliyah by state
Where Taaliyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 274 births nationwide.
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What to do with Taaliyah's data
- Taaliyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (140 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Taaliyahs (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Taaliyah: 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 (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Taaliyah 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.