How rare is the name Aliah?

4,131 people in the United States have the first name Aliah, about 1 in 73,113. It ranks #4,488 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALIAH

#4,488

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,131
About
1 in 73,113
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,131 people named Aliah, 50.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 20.3% as White and 19.1% as Black. 99% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aliah peaked in 2015, when 266 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
266
In 2025*
193 ▼27%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,831 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Aliah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,049. The largest share of babies named Aliah, 47.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#14,59931
1980s#8,640126
1990s#3,650630
2000s#2,3731,615
2010s#2,0492,219
2020s#2,2331,210
Generation X 1965–800.7%
Millennials 1981–967.9%
Generation Z 1997–1244.3%
2013 and later47.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Aliah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aliah has been most common in Arizona (3.1×), California (2.9×), and Texas (2.8×), and least common in Ohio (0.25×).

3,758 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Aliah

#4,486 Jovanny · 4,138#4,487 Sahara · 4,133#4,489 Ashraf · 4,129#4,489 Mamadou · 4,129

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Aliah, most common first.

#1,169 Aliyah · 33,713#2,125 Alia · 12,618#2,157 Aleah · 12,345#10,930 Alyah · 1,196#12,249 Alyiah · 1,021#18,842 Alliah · 568#21,290 Aleiah · 478#26,834 Allah · 345

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