Alyah Girl
How popular is Alyah?
#2,895 girl name in 2025
58 baby girls were named Alyah in the US in 2025, making it the 2895th most popular girl name.
Alyah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,895 for girls (▼ 234 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 58 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,346 in 2015, #3,450 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (65 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,596 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alyah 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 Alyah is most popular
Babies named Alyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- Arizona: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Alyah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Alyah
Questions
- Is Alyah a boy or girl name?
- Alyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Alyah?
- 58 baby girls were named Alyah in the US in 2025, making it the 2895th most popular girl name.
- When was Alyah most popular?
- Alyah peaked in 2009, when 65 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,596 in 2001.
- How many people are named Alyah?
- 1,477 babies have been named Alyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,466 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Alyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alyah was most common in Texas, at 0.1 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.