Alliyah

#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births

Peak · girls
1995 · 147 births
Debut · girls
94 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,013
since 1994

Alliyah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alliyah has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #1,169, 1995girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,32518
2024#7,25115
2023#6,92216
2022#5,79321
2021#5,09125
2020#4,64828
2019#4,90927
2018#4,45831
2017#3,69741
2016#3,28049
2015#2,73664
2014#2,49772
2013#2,15287
2012#1,760117
2011#1,817111
2010#1,794114
2009#1,695131
2008#1,635138
2007#1,894109
2006#1,771117
2005#1,690117
2004#1,363154
2003#1,439137
2002#1,185173
2001#1,257156
2000#1,335141
1999#1,238152
1998#1,295138
1997#1,187153
1996#1,389120
1995#1,169147
1994#1,60894
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First appearance
1994

The first year at least five girls were named Alliyah! It came in at #1,608, and was given to 94 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2022–2025, when fewer than 22 girls a year got the name.

Where Alliyah is popular in 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedNHWashington: #857 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,846 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #798 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,868 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedMINew York: #1,559 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,388 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedINOhio: #937 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,803 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,021 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,716 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,016 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,297 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,478 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 31,574 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedNEMissouri: #688 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,948 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedARTennessee: #806 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,105 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,015 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,418 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #433 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,398 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedALGeorgia: #873 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,363 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alliyah, so not publishedHITexas: #1,345 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 11,954 girlsTXFlorida: #1,214 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,611 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#433 · 1 in 2,398
  2. Missouri#688 · 1 in 4,948
  3. Illinois#798 · 1 in 5,868
  4. Tennessee#806 · 1 in 6,105
  5. Washington#857 · 1 in 5,846

Best ever in a state: #312 in South Carolina, 1994.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#43371 in 2,398
Missouri#68861 in 4,948
Illinois#798121 in 5,868
Tennessee#80651 in 6,105
Washington#85751 in 5,846
Georgia#87371 in 6,363
Ohio#93771 in 8,803
North Carolina#1,01551 in 8,418
New Jersey#1,01651 in 8,297
Pennsylvania#1,02161 in 9,716
Florida#1,21471 in 10,611
Texas#1,345121 in 11,954
New York#1,55971 in 14,388
California#2,47871 in 31,574
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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 Alliyah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 926 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #6,325)
  • 1,677 spots since 2020 (#4,648 → #6,325)
  • 3,589 spots since 2015 (#2,736 → #6,325)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1994
  • Peaked 1995 at #1,169 (147 births)
  • Births halved by 2014, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,387
  • Highest: 1 in 10,387 girls born in 2002 were named Alliyah (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,293 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,169 in 1995, was only 1 in 11,963 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 45.6% of all girls named Alliyah (1,373) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s804#1,169 (1995)#1,314
2000s1,373#1,185 (2002)#1,526
2010s713#1,760 (2012)#2,910
2020s123#4,648 (2020)#6,005

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.

Alliyah in 1998

girls
#1,295
138 births · 1 in 12,804 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #1,295Alliyah138
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 12,804 of them was named Alliyah, which outranked 92.2% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alliyah
  1. #1,290Halee139
  2. #1,290Liberty139
  3. #1,290Shaniya139
  4. #1,295Alliyah138
  5. #1,295Frida138
  6. #1,295Jailyn138
  7. #1,295Kathrine138
  8. #1,300Corrine137
  9. #1,300Jadyn137
  10. #1,300Laurie137

Tied with 4 names at #1,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998 →