Aliah Girl
How popular is Aliah?
#1,192 girl name in 2025
193 baby girls were named Aliah in the US in 2025, making it the 1192nd most popular girl name.
Aliah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,192 for girls (▲ 50 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 193 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-27% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,007 in 2015, #1,224 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (266 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,007 in 2015 |
| First recorded | 1975 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aliah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alia family of names ranked #336 for girls in 2025 (#315 the year before), with 976 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alia | 499 | 51% |
| Aliah | 193 | 20% |
| Alya | 167 | 17% |
| Alyah | 58 | 6% |
| Aalia | 19 | 2% |
| Aaliah | 9 | 1% |
| Aalyah | 8 | 1% |
| Alliah | 7 | 1% |
| Allia | 5 | 1% |
| Ahlia | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Aliah is most popular
Babies named Aliah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (206 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (195 girls)
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (38 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (88 girls)
Aliah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 31 | #5,562 |
| 1980s | 126 | #4,536 |
| 1990s | 630 | #1,546 |
| 2000s | 1,615 | #1,207 |
| 2010s | 2,219 | #1,007 |
| 2020s | 1,210 | #1,099 |
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Questions
- Is Aliah a boy or girl name?
- Aliah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aliah were girls.
- How popular is the name Aliah?
- 193 baby girls were named Aliah in the US in 2025, making it the 1192nd most popular girl name.
- When was Aliah most popular?
- Aliah peaked in 2015, when 266 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,007 in 2015.
- How many people are named Aliah?
- 5,831 babies have been named Aliah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,786 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Aliah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aliah was most common in California, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.