Alyjah
- Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Given to boys 87.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 341since 1997
Alyjah over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,335 | 13 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,983 | 18 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,517 | 21 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #4,901 | 19 |
| 2007 | — | #5,210 | 17 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,278 | 15 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #5,725 | 12 |
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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1997
The first year at least five boys were named Alyjah! It came in at #9,265, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Alyjah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Alyjah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Alyjah
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,078 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #8,910)
- 1,876 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #8,910)
- 1,734 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1997
- Peaked 2010 at #4,517 (21 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 91,366
- Highest: 1 in 91,366 boys born in 2010 were named Alyjah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 38.1% of all boys named Alyjah (130) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22 | #5,840 (1998) | #7,660 |
| 2000s | 130 | #4,901 (2008) | #5,737 |
| 2010s | 121 | #4,517 (2010) | #7,275 |
| 2020s | 68 | #6,335 (2021) | #7,139 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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