Naliyah Girl
How popular is Naliyah?
#2,514 girl name in 2025
70 baby girls were named Naliyah in the US in 2025, making it the 2514th most popular girl name.
Naliyah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,514 for girls (▼ 630 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 70 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,129 in 2015, #3,734 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (106 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,884 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1998 |
| 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 |
Naliyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Naliyah family of names ranked #1,854 for girls in 2025 (#1,442 the year before), with 76 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Naliyah | 70 | 92% |
| Naliya | 6 | 8% |
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 Naliyah is most popular
Babies named Naliyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (8 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 girls)
Naliyah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Naliyah
Questions
- Is Naliyah a boy or girl name?
- Naliyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Naliyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Naliyah?
- 70 baby girls were named Naliyah in the US in 2025, making it the 2514th most popular girl name.
- When was Naliyah most popular?
- Naliyah peaked in 2024, when 106 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,884 in 2024.
- How many people are named Naliyah?
- 1,332 babies have been named Naliyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,324 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Naliyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Naliyah was most common in Michigan, 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.