Alliyah
Recorded 1994–2025 · United States
Alliyah was most popular in 2002, when 173 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,073 that year. In 2025 it ranked #10,985, with 18 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,013 people named Alliyah.
Alliyah over time
How old is the name Alliyah?
Alliyah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1994, which makes it about 31 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 32 of the 32 years since.
How many people are named Alliyah?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,013 American births named Alliyah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,982 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Alliyah in 2025?
18 American babies were named Alliyah in 2025, ranking #10,985 that year.
Is Alliyah getting more or less popular?
Alliyah is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 19 births a year, against 90 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -79% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Alliyah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Alliyah is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,013 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Alliyah?
Roughly 2,982 Americans named Alliyah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 22 years old, and half are between 16 and 27. That is a narrow band: Alliyah arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Alliyah is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org