Zaaliyah — #11871 US girls' name
54 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.
More common than 33% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Zaaliyah was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Zaaliyah in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zaaliyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 54 babies named Zaaliyah between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zaaliyah currently holds the #11871 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zaaliyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zaaliyah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zaaliyah 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 54 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.
Zaaliyah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Zaaliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2016)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #11871 among girls.
54 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 12 births in a single year.
Zaaliyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 31 births that decade — 57% of Zaaliyah's all-time total
Zaaliyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zaaliyah's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2012–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.