How rare is the name Aliyah?

33,713 people in the United States have the first name Aliyah, about 1 in 8,959. It ranks #1,169 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALIYAH

#1,169

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
33,713
About
1 in 8,959
This common or more
72.2%
Who bears it

Of the 33,713 people named Aliyah, 32.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 28.9% as Black and 23.4% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aliyah peaked in 2011, when 2,301 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
2,301
In 2025*
1,188 ▼48%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 49,054 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.

Aliyah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #364. The largest share of babies named Aliyah, 50.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#11,73652
1980s#5,034283
1990s#9385,049
2000s#44615,347
2010s#36420,188
2020s#4848,135
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–965.4%
Generation Z 1997–1250.4%
2013 and later44%

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 Aliyah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aliyah has been most common in Nevada (3×), Florida (2.1×), and Arizona (2×), and least common in North Dakota (0.28×).

48,082 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 Aliyah

#1,167 Kris · 33,727#1,168 Willow · 33,715#1,170 Aida · 33,710#1,171 Delilah · 33,704

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,596 Aliya · 9,253#3,773 Alayah · 5,262#4,488 Aliah · 4,131#6,431 Alliyah · 2,495#8,552 Aleyah · 1,693#10,930 Alyah · 1,196#14,618 Alaiyah · 803#26,603 Aleiyah · 349

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