How Many People Are Named Alijah?
people named Alijah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 22,006 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,681 babies named Alijah in Social Security records from 1987 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
792 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Alijah, 9.3% were girls and 90.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Alijah fell from 33.2% in the 1990s to 3.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alijah alive today is about 12 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alijah first appears in the records in 1987 and was given most often in 2021, to 792 babies. In 2025, 665 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1987 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alijah has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #408, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #469.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #469 |
| Best rank | #408 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #498 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alijah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alijah were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,734 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alijah was given 2.4 times as often in New Mexico, 1.9 times in Mississippi and 1.8 times in Louisiana.
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