How rare is the name Alijah?

8,737 people in the United States have the first name Alijah, about 1 in 34,569. It ranks #2,687 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ALIJAH

#2,687

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,737
About
1 in 34,569
This common or more
80.6%
Who bears it

Of the 8,737 people named Alijah, 43.2% reported their origin as Black, 25% as Hispanic or Latino and 15.5% as White. 88.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alijah peaked in 2021, when 792 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19872025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
792
In 2025*
665 ▼16%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 15,681 babies have been given the name since 1987. 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.

Alijah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #877. The largest share of babies named Alijah, 56.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#24,67011
1990s#3,105798
2000s#1,2204,216
2010s#9726,315
2020s#8774,341
Millennials 1981–962.1%
Generation Z 1997–1241.5%
2013 and later56.4%

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 Alijah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alijah has been most common in Nevada (2.8×), New Mexico (2.3×), and Florida (2.2×), and least common in Utah (0.3×).

13,306 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.

Exactly as common as Alijah

1 other first name also has 8,737 people.

#2,687 Sanjay · 8,737

Either side of Alijah

#2,685 Suzanna · 8,750#2,686 Beckham · 8,743#2,687 Sanjay · 8,737#2,689 Brylee · 8,736

Spelled almost the same

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

#13,992 Alizah · 851#18,901 Alija · 566#20,005 Alajah · 521#20,672 Alaijah · 498#29,557 Alyjah · 299#44,702 Alisah · 154

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