Girls' name · since 2009
Zaliah
Zaliah has 178 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,045 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,501 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zaliah is the #6501 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 178 recorded since 2009.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaliah has been recorded 178 times among girls since 2009, currently ranked #6501 nationally and more common than 62% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #21,045 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,501 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 178 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zaliah ranks #21,045 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,501 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 178 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,045 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,501 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zaliah's 178 recorded births place it above 70.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Zaliah compares
178 35th 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
Zaliah's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zaliah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 178 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zaliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zaliah splits its recorded history at 2017: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zaliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Zaliah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (96 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Zaliah's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Zaliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 96 births (54% of all-time use).
Zaliah by state
Where Zaliah concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
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- Zaliah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (96 total births) through the 2020s (76) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Zaliahs (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zaliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~16 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, 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 Zaliah 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.