Aliyah
#263 for girls in 2025, 1,188 births · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #12,145
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2011 · 2,301 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 49,011since 1971
Aliyah over time
Rank among girls' names. Aliyah has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #263 | 1,188 | — | |
| 2024 | #237 | 1,314 | — | |
| 2023 | #220 | 1,352 | — | |
| 2022 | #233 | 1,308 | — | |
| 2021 | #208 | 1,441 | — | |
| 2020 | #188 | 1,532 | — | |
| 2019 | #173 | 1,678 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #161 | 1,777 | — | |
| 2017 | #154 | 1,915 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #155 | 2,008 | — | |
| 2015 | #164 | 1,974 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #167 | 1,971 | — | |
| 2013 | #148 | 2,115 | — | |
| 2012 | #140 | 2,265 | — | |
| 2011 | #133 | 2,301 | — | |
| 2010 | #143 | 2,163 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #158 | 1,991 | — | |
| 2008 | #191 | 1,754 | — | |
| 2007 | #213 | 1,611 | — | |
| 2006 | #235 | 1,452 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #233 | 1,462 | — | |
| 2004 | #221 | 1,529 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #236 | 1,392 | — | |
| 2002 | #203 | 1,607 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #226 | 1,411 | — | |
| 2000 | #287 | 1,116 | — | |
| 1999 | #345 | 867 | — | |
| 1998 | #336 | 878 | — | |
| 1997 | #322 | 897 | — | |
| 1996 | #391 | 675 | — | |
| 1995 | #338 | 785 | — | |
| 1994 | #357 | 732 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,068 | 66 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,318 | 56 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,550 | 48 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,600 | 45 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,851 | 31 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
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| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
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| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Aliyah! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1972, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Aliyah is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#65 · 1 in 243
- Wyoming#76 · 1 in 176
- Rhode Island#87 · 1 in 284
- New Mexico#101 · 1 in 387
- Nevada#101 · 1 in 417
Best ever in a state: #53 in New Mexico, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #65 | 12 | 1 in 243 |
| Wyoming | #76 | 6 | 1 in 176 |
| Rhode Island | #87 | 10 | 1 in 284 |
| Nevada | #101 | 26 | 1 in 417 |
| New Mexico | #101 | 15 | 1 in 387 |
| California | #113 | 338 | 1 in 579 |
| Texas | #120 | 251 | 1 in 637 |
| North Dakota | #121 | 8 | 1 in 382 |
| Arizona | #137 | 47 | 1 in 640 |
| Florida | #138 | 126 | 1 in 682 |
| Connecticut | #142 | 21 | 1 in 560 |
| Tennessee | #142 | 46 | 1 in 665 |
| District of Columbia | #148 | 8 | 1 in 434 |
| Maine | #149 | 7 | 1 in 490 |
| Delaware | #150 | 6 | 1 in 422 |
| Oregon | #152 | 25 | 1 in 580 |
| South Carolina | #159 | 28 | 1 in 634 |
| New York | #169 | 103 | 1 in 854 |
| Washington | #169 | 43 | 1 in 722 |
| Michigan | #174 | 53 | 1 in 779 |
| Mississippi | #174 | 17 | 1 in 642 |
| West Virginia | #174 | 10 | 1 in 586 |
| Georgia | #175 | 60 | 1 in 785 |
| Illinois | #184 | 68 | 1 in 817 |
| Maryland | #187 | 31 | 1 in 751 |
| Massachusetts | #187 | 31 | 1 in 813 |
| Idaho | #188 | 10 | 1 in 631 |
| Ohio | #198 | 60 | 1 in 863 |
| Utah | #202 | 21 | 1 in 812 |
| Oklahoma | #205 | 19 | 1 in 829 |
| New Hampshire | #206 | 5 | 1 in 699 |
| Alabama | #214 | 22 | 1 in 872 |
| North Carolina | #217 | 46 | 1 in 987 |
| Colorado | #218 | 24 | 1 in 943 |
| Kansas | #220 | 14 | 1 in 857 |
| Missouri | #222 | 28 | 1 in 928 |
| Wisconsin | #223 | 24 | 1 in 941 |
| Nebraska | #225 | 10 | 1 in 786 |
| Kentucky | #232 | 19 | 1 in 941 |
| New Jersey | #233 | 35 | 1 in 1,028 |
| Virginia | #242 | 34 | 1 in 1,060 |
| Pennsylvania | #250 | 49 | 1 in 1,044 |
| Iowa | #251 | 13 | 1 in 958 |
| Louisiana | #269 | 19 | 1 in 1,046 |
| Indiana | #275 | 26 | 1 in 1,158 |
| Arkansas | #296 | 10 | 1 in 1,124 |
| Minnesota | #297 | 20 | 1 in 1,196 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 Aliyah
- 26 spots since 2024 (#237 → #263)
- 75 spots since 2020 (#188 → #263)
- 99 spots since 2015 (#164 → #263)
- Biggest jump: 1,711 spots in 1994 (#2,068 → #357)
- Biggest drop: 53 spots in 1996 (#338 → #391)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2011 at #133 (2,301 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1994–2025
- Highest: 1 in 764 girls born in 2011 were named Aliyah (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,353 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
- 41.1% of all girls named Aliyah (20,167) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 52 | #5,092 (1979) | #7,273 |
| 1980s | 283 | #2,744 (1988) | #3,208 |
| 1990s | 5,049 | #322 (1997) | #1,163 |
| 2000s | 15,325 | #158 (2009) | #220 |
| 2010s | 20,167 | #133 (2011) | #154 |
| 2020s | 8,135 | #188 (2020) | #225 |
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.
Aliyah 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 902 of them was named Aliyah, which outranked 99.2% 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 370,191 of them was named Aliyah, which outranked 14.1% 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).
Tied with 2,016 names at #12,246; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.