Aliyah Girl
How popular is Aliyah?
#263 girl name in 2025
1,188 baby girls were named Aliyah in the US in 2025, making it the 263rd most popular girl name.
Aliyah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #263 for girls (▼ 26 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,188 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-40% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #164 in 2015, #188 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (2,301 girls) |
| Highest rank | #133 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aliyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aaliyah family of names ranked #69 for girls in 2025 (#60 the year before), with 4,207 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aaliyah | 2,607 | 62% |
| Aliyah | 1,188 | 28% |
| Aliya | 330 | 8% |
| Aaliya | 45 | 1% |
| Alliyah | 18 | 0% |
| Alyiah | 6 | 0% |
| Ahliyah | 6 | 0% |
| Alyia | 7 | 0% |
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 Aliyah is most popular
Babies named Aliyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 1.9 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Nevada: 1.8 per 1,000 (83 girls)
- South Dakota: 1.5 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Alaska: 1.5 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Oregon: 1.4 per 1,000 (92 girls)
Aliyah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 52 | #5,091 |
| 1980s | 283 | #2,739 |
| 1990s | 5,049 | #322 |
| 2000s | 15,325 | #158 |
| 2010s | 20,167 | #133 |
| 2020s | 8,135 | #188 |
Girl names about as popular as Aliyah
Questions
- Is Aliyah a boy or girl name?
- Aliyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aliyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Aliyah?
- 1,188 baby girls were named Aliyah in the US in 2025, making it the 263rd most popular girl name.
- When was Aliyah most popular?
- Aliyah peaked in 2011, when 2,301 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #133 in 2011.
- How many people are named Aliyah?
- 49,054 babies have been named Aliyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 48,685 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Aliyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aliyah was most common in New Mexico, at 1.9 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.