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.

Aliyah

#597 most common girls' name of all time · #1,112 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among girls
#597
Rank overall
#1,112 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
49,054
Since 2016
15,523
Peak year
2011 #133
Best rank
#133 2011
Girls Boys peak 2,301/yr
198020002020

Aliyah first appears in 1971. 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 1,188 — 1,188 #263
2024 1,314 — 1,314 #237
2023 1,352 — 1,352 #220
2022 1,308 — 1,308 #233
2021 1,441 — 1,441 #208
2020 1,532 — 1,532 #188
2019 1,678 5 1,683 #173
2018 1,777 — 1,777 #161
2017 1,915 5 1,920 #154
2016 2,008 — 2,008 #155
2015 1,974 5 1,979 #164
2014 1,971 — 1,971 #167
2013 2,115 — 2,115 #148
2012 2,265 — 2,265 #140
2011 2,301 — 2,301 #133
2010 2,163 6 2,169 #143
2009 1,991 — 1,991 #158
2008 1,754 — 1,754 #191
2007 1,611 — 1,611 #214
2006 1,452 6 1,458 #235
2005 1,462 — 1,462 #233
2004 1,529 11 1,540 #221
2003 1,392 — 1,392 #236
2002 1,607 5 1,612 #203
2001 1,411 — 1,411 #226
2000 1,116 — 1,116 #288
1999 867 — 867 #347
1998 878 — 878 #336
1997 897 — 897 #322
1996 675 — 675 #392
1995 785 — 785 #338
1994 732 — 732 #357
1993 66 — 66 #2,086
1992 56 — 56 #2,343
1991 48 — 48 #2,579
1990 45 — 45 #2,628
1989 26 — 26 #3,868
1988 38 — 38 #2,791
1987 32 — 32 #3,019
1986 31 — 31 #3,035
1985 27 — 27 #3,309
1984 31 — 31 #2,904
1983 28 — 28 #3,051
1982 21 — 21 #3,879
1981 26 — 26 #3,323
1980 23 — 23 #3,590
1979 13 — 13 #5,356
1978 6 — 6 #9,240
1977 7 — 7 #8,164
1976 6 — 6 #8,904
1974 9 — 9 #6,178
1973 6 — 6 #8,177
1971 5 — 5 #9,326