Girls' name · since 2001
Thaliyah
56 babies named Thaliyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,775 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,928 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 56
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Thaliyah is the #15928 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 56 recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thaliyah has been recorded 56 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #15928 nationally and more common than 8% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #33,775 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,928 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 56 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thaliyah ranks #33,775 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,928 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 56 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #33,775 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,928 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 56
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Thaliyah's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Thaliyah compares
56 17th 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
Thaliyah's all-time total is 85% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Thaliyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 56 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Thaliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Thaliyah splits its recorded history at 2006: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Thaliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Thaliyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (33 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Thaliyah's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Thaliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 33 births (59% of all-time use).
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What to do with Thaliyah's data
- Thaliyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (33 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Thaliyah
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Thaliyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Thaliyah 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.