Alija**
#12,329 most common boys' name of all time · #31,602 across all names · 73% male / 27% female · used 1995–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#12,329
Rank overall
#31,602 of 105,966
First appeared
1995
Years on the list
22 of 146
All-time
179
Since 2016
68
Peak year
2013 #13,002
Best rank
#6,857 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 13/yr
Alija first appears in 1995. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,739 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,525 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,407 |
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,276 |
| 2021 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,256 |
| 2020 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,857 |
| 2019 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,991 |
| 2018 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,188 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2014 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,199 |
| 2013 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #13,002 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,333 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,567 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,319 |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #10,483 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,500 |
| 2006 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #13,038 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2002 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,986 |
| 2000 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1995 | 6 | — | 6 | — |