Aaliyah Girl
How popular is Aaliyah?
#101 girl name in 2025
2,607 baby girls were named Aaliyah in the US in 2025, making it the 101st most popular girl name.
Aaliyah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #101 for girls (▼ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,607 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-47% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #47 in 2015, #65 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (5,523 girls) |
| Highest rank | #36 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1976 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aaliyah 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 Aaliyah is most popular
Babies named Aaliyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 6.1 per 1,000 (148 girls)
- Nevada: 4.7 per 1,000 (217 girls)
- Hawaii: 3.6 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Delaware: 3.3 per 1,000 (38 girls)
- Alaska: 3.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
Aaliyah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 142 | #2,050 |
| 1980s | 209 | #2,440 |
| 1990s | 7,839 | #176 |
| 2000s | 36,381 | #63 |
| 2010s | 46,734 | #36 |
| 2020s | 18,666 | #61 |
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Questions
- Is Aaliyah a boy or girl name?
- Aaliyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aaliyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Aaliyah?
- 2,607 baby girls were named Aaliyah in the US in 2025, making it the 101st most popular girl name.
- When was Aaliyah most popular?
- Aaliyah peaked in 2012, when 5,523 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #36 in 2012.
- How many people are named Aaliyah?
- 110,077 babies have been named Aaliyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 109,280 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Aaliyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aaliyah was most common in New Mexico, at 6.1 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.