Aaliyah
#101 for girls in 2025, 2,607 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 5,523 births
- Debut · girls
- 18 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 24 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 109,971since 1976
Aaliyah over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #101 | 2,607 | — | |
| 2024 | #95 | 2,712 | — | |
| 2023 | #85 | 2,858 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #69 | 3,286 | — | |
| 2021 | #61 | 3,619 | — | |
| 2020 | #65 | 3,584 | — | |
| 2019 | #70 | 3,675 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #65 | 3,845 | — | |
| 2017 | #57 | 4,197 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #53 | 4,660 | — | |
| 2015 | #47 | 4,884 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #45 | 4,902 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #37 | 5,246 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #36 | 5,523 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #46 | 5,129 | — | |
| 2010 | #56 | 4,673 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #63 | 4,378 | — | |
| 2008 | #76 | 4,046 | — | |
| 2007 | #83 | 3,961 | — | |
| 2006 | #90 | 3,745 | — | |
| 2005 | #93 | 3,459 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #94 | 3,492 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #90 | 3,673 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #64 | 4,779 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #96 | 3,352 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #211 | 1,496 | — | |
| 1999 | #287 | 1,088 | — | |
| 1998 | #222 | 1,399 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #176 | 1,739 | — | |
| 1996 | #335 | 831 | — | |
| 1995 | #225 | 1,256 | — | |
| 1994 | #202 | 1,451 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,430 | 38 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,050 | 46 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,257 | 40 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Aaliyah! It came in at #3,678, and was given to 18 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1985, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.
Where Aaliyah is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#23 · 1 in 149
- Rhode Island#31 · 1 in 142
- Delaware#32 · 1 in 158
- Nevada#32 · 1 in 201
- Florida#34 · 1 in 252
Best ever in a state: #6 in New Mexico, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #23 | 39 | 1 in 149 |
| Rhode Island | #31 | 20 | 1 in 142 |
| Delaware | #32 | 16 | 1 in 158 |
| Nevada | #32 | 54 | 1 in 201 |
| Florida | #34 | 341 | 1 in 252 |
| Arizona | #37 | 118 | 1 in 255 |
| California | #41 | 682 | 1 in 287 |
| Georgia | #42 | 169 | 1 in 279 |
| South Carolina | #42 | 72 | 1 in 247 |
| Hawaii | #43 | 16 | 1 in 182 |
| Texas | #43 | 498 | 1 in 321 |
| Mississippi | #54 | 41 | 1 in 266 |
| North Carolina | #54 | 152 | 1 in 299 |
| Illinois | #59 | 168 | 1 in 331 |
| Tennessee | #66 | 90 | 1 in 340 |
| District of Columbia | #67 | 15 | 1 in 231 |
| Washington | #70 | 88 | 1 in 353 |
| Maryland | #71 | 63 | 1 in 369 |
| New York | #72 | 214 | 1 in 411 |
| Connecticut | #73 | 38 | 1 in 310 |
| Massachusetts | #73 | 77 | 1 in 327 |
| Ohio | #75 | 135 | 1 in 384 |
| Virginia | #78 | 101 | 1 in 357 |
| Indiana | #80 | 78 | 1 in 386 |
| Michigan | #81 | 104 | 1 in 397 |
| Alabama | #85 | 48 | 1 in 399 |
| Louisiana | #85 | 49 | 1 in 406 |
| Colorado | #87 | 56 | 1 in 404 |
| Pennsylvania | #88 | 116 | 1 in 441 |
| Alaska | #91 | 8 | 1 in 281 |
| New Jersey | #91 | 83 | 1 in 433 |
| Oklahoma | #93 | 38 | 1 in 414 |
| South Dakota | #95 | 10 | 1 in 309 |
| Wisconsin | #96 | 54 | 1 in 418 |
| Missouri | #100 | 56 | 1 in 464 |
| Kansas | #103 | 28 | 1 in 428 |
| Idaho | #105 | 16 | 1 in 395 |
| Iowa | #112 | 27 | 1 in 461 |
| Maine | #115 | 9 | 1 in 381 |
| Minnesota | #118 | 48 | 1 in 498 |
| West Virginia | #120 | 13 | 1 in 451 |
| Arkansas | #121 | 23 | 1 in 488 |
| Kentucky | #123 | 33 | 1 in 542 |
| Utah | #131 | 31 | 1 in 550 |
| Montana | #142 | 7 | 1 in 392 |
| Nebraska | #147 | 14 | 1 in 561 |
| Oregon | #165 | 23 | 1 in 630 |
| New Hampshire | #176 | 6 | 1 in 582 |
| North Dakota | #182 | 6 | 1 in 510 |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Aaliyah
- 6 spots since 2024 (#95 → #101)
- 36 spots since 2020 (#65 → #101)
- 54 spots since 2015 (#47 → #101)
- Biggest jump: 4,322 spots in 1994 (#4,524 → #202)
- Biggest drop: 110 spots in 1996 (#225 → #335)
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2012 at #36 (5,523 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 24 yrs · run 2001–2024
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1994–2025
- Highest: 1 in 319 girls born in 2012 were named Aaliyah (0.31%)
- Latest: 1 in 617 girls born in 2025 (0.16%)
- 42.5% of all girls named Aaliyah (46,734) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 142 | #2,050 (1978) | #2,604 |
| 1980s | 209 | #2,440 (1980) | #4,292 |
| 1990s | 7,839 | #176 (1997) | #2,259 |
| 2000s | 36,381 | #63 (2009) | #96 |
| 2010s | 46,734 | #36 (2012) | #51 |
| 2020s | 18,666 | #61 (2021) | #79 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Aaliyah in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 411 of them was named Aaliyah, which outranked 99.7% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 264,422 of them was named Aaliyah, which outranked 32.0% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,840Zyere8
- #8,840Zylon8
- #8,840Zymire8
- #9,696Aaliyah7
- #9,696Aadesh7
- #9,696Aadin7
- #9,696Aadish7
- #10,775Aadhavan6
- #10,775Aadhyan6
- #10,775Aahaan6
Tied with 1,078 names at #9,696; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.