Alijah*
#931 most common boys' name of all time · #2,151 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1987–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#931
Rank overall
#2,151 of 105,966
First appeared
1987
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
15,681
Since 2016
6,972
Peak year
2021 #409
Best rank
#409 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 792/yr
Alijah first appears in 1987. 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 | 14 | 651 | 665 | #470 |
| 2024 | 22 | 739 | 761 | #429 |
| 2023 | 18 | 702 | 720 | #443 |
| 2022 | 34 | 653 | 687 | #470 |
| 2021 | 30 | 762 | 792 | #409 |
| 2020 | 47 | 669 | 716 | #447 |
| 2019 | 56 | 606 | 662 | #483 |
| 2018 | 55 | 590 | 645 | #489 |
| 2017 | 61 | 619 | 680 | #477 |
| 2016 | 56 | 588 | 644 | #509 |
| 2015 | 86 | 621 | 707 | #482 |
| 2014 | 29 | 580 | 609 | #485 |
| 2013 | 24 | 526 | 550 | #509 |
| 2012 | 28 | 600 | 628 | #454 |
| 2011 | 24 | 582 | 606 | #459 |
| 2010 | 31 | 553 | 584 | #470 |
| 2009 | 42 | 580 | 622 | #471 |
| 2008 | 48 | 588 | 636 | #470 |
| 2007 | 40 | 468 | 508 | #550 |
| 2006 | 71 | 418 | 489 | #587 |
| 2005 | 50 | 379 | 429 | #598 |
| 2004 | 56 | 333 | 389 | #633 |
| 2003 | 67 | 300 | 367 | #661 |
| 2002 | 56 | 266 | 322 | #686 |
| 2001 | 85 | 172 | 257 | #910 |
| 2000 | 55 | 142 | 197 | #1,034 |
| 1999 | 53 | 133 | 186 | #1,046 |
| 1998 | 56 | 104 | 160 | #1,194 |
| 1997 | 38 | 91 | 129 | #1,273 |
| 1996 | 38 | 79 | 117 | #1,367 |
| 1995 | 27 | 44 | 71 | #1,953 |
| 1994 | 24 | 33 | 57 | #2,390 |
| 1993 | 17 | 21 | 38 | #3,238 |
| 1992 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #4,838 |
| 1991 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #6,420 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,343 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,755 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,934 |