girl's name

Aliyyah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 407

Aliyyah is a girl's name. In 2020 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1997, when 18 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1987.

Aliyyah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2020, not a full ten years.

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Births named Aliyyah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 22
1990s 99
2000s 67
2010s 41
2020s (to 2020) 5

How popular is Aliyyah?

In 2020, Aliyyah was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Aliyyah is used

France #7,042 5 in 2022
England & Wales #7,142 3 in 2024
United States #16,405 5 in 2020

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Aliyyah

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Aliyyah also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Aliyyah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Aliyyah

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Aliyyah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Aliyyah

How popular is the name Aliyyah?

In 2020, Aliyyah was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Aliyyah a girl's or a boy's name?

Aliyyah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Aliyyah most popular?

Aliyyah peaked in 1997, when 18 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.