Aliyah
Aliyah is ranked 235th among girls in 2024 (1,311 births). Its best rank was 133rd, in 2011.
- Rank in 2024
- #235down 15 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,3110.08% of girls
- Peak year
- 20112,301 births
- Best rank
- #133in 2011
- Since 1971
- 47,811people given the name
The story in the numbers
47,811 girls have been named Aliyah in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2011, with 2,301 births — 0.13% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 166 → 235).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 42%. It has spent 31 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2011, its biggest year
Aliyah was the 133rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2011 were Sophia, Isabella, Emma, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2011.
Names that rose and fell with Aliyah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aaliyahpeak 2012
- Dayannapeak 2009
- Skylapeak 2012
- Dariannapeak 2013
- Lexipeak 2014
- Bayleighpeak 2012
- Mykahpeak 2011
- Zahraapeak 2015
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.