Girls' name · since 2009
Waliyah
Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 28 babies named Waliyah, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #42,013 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,791 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 28
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Waliyah currently ranks #12791 among girls' names in America, with 28 babies recorded since 2009.
Waliyah has 28 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12791 as of the latest data, more common than 26% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #42,013 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,791 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 28 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Waliyah ranks #42,013 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,791 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 28 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #42,013 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,791 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 28
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Waliyah's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Waliyah compares
28 10th 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
Waliyah's all-time total is 93% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Waliyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 28 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Waliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Waliyah's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Waliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Waliyah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (18 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Waliyah's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Waliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (64% of all-time use).
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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, 2009–2025 (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 Waliyah 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.