Girls' name · since 2012
Zaaliyah
63 babies named Zaaliyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,411 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,721 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 63
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
63 babies have been named Zaaliyah since 2012, making it today's #10721 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Zaaliyah recorded 63 times among girls since 2012, holding rank #10721 nationally today, ahead of 38% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #32,411 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,721 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 63 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaaliyah ranks #32,411 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,721 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 63 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #32,411 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,721 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 63
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zaaliyah's 63 recorded births place it above 55.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zaaliyah compares
63 18th 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
Zaaliyah's all-time total is 83% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaaliyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 63 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zaaliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zaaliyah's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zaaliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Zaaliyah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Zaaliyah's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Zaaliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zaaliyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2012–2025 (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 Zaaliyah 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.