Taaliyah — #16132 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Taaliyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Taaliyah between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taaliyah currently holds the #16132 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taaliyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Taaliyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Taaliyah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taaliyah 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 269 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.