Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Aaliyah

#353 most common girls' name of all time · #649 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1976–2025

Rank among girls
#353
Rank overall
#649 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
110,077
Since 2016
35,060
Peak year
2012 #36
Best rank
#36 2012
Girls Boys peak 5,530/yr
198020002020

Aaliyah first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 2,607 — 2,607 #101
2024 2,712 — 2,712 #95
2023 2,858 5 2,863 #85
2022 3,286 — 3,286 #69
2021 3,619 — 3,619 #61
2020 3,584 — 3,584 #65
2019 3,675 5 3,680 #70
2018 3,845 — 3,845 #65
2017 4,197 7 4,204 #57
2016 4,660 — 4,660 #53
2015 4,884 5 4,889 #47
2014 4,902 5 4,907 #45
2013 5,246 12 5,258 #37
2012 5,523 7 5,530 #36
2011 5,129 — 5,129 #46
2010 4,673 6 4,679 #56
2009 4,378 — 4,378 #63
2008 4,046 — 4,046 #76
2007 3,961 — 3,961 #83
2006 3,745 — 3,745 #90
2005 3,459 10 3,469 #93
2004 3,492 11 3,503 #94
2003 3,673 6 3,679 #90
2002 4,779 8 4,787 #64
2001 3,352 8 3,360 #96
2000 1,496 — 1,496 #211
1999 1,088 — 1,088 #287
1998 1,399 5 1,404 #222
1997 1,739 — 1,739 #176
1996 831 — 831 #335
1995 1,256 — 1,256 #225
1994 1,451 6 1,457 #202
1993 22 — 22 #4,629
1992 25 — 25 #4,192
1991 16 — 16 #5,856
1990 12 — 12 #7,141
1989 14 — 14 #6,072
1988 17 — 17 #5,013
1987 14 — 14 #5,547
1986 18 — 18 #4,519
1985 10 — 10 #6,841
1984 21 — 21 #3,854
1983 20 — 20 #3,939
1982 28 — 28 #3,166
1981 28 — 28 #3,144
1980 39 — 39 #2,485
1979 38 — 38 #2,476
1978 46 — 46 #2,091
1977 40 — 40 #2,306
1976 18 — 18 #3,810