How Many People Are Named Aliyah?
people named Aliyah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,027 people in the US has this name
Based on 49,054 babies named Aliyah in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,301 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Aliyah (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Aliyah alive today is about 14 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Aliyah first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2011, to 2,301 babies. In 2025, 1,188 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Aliyah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #133, in 2011. In 2025 it ranked #263.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #263 |
| Best rank | #133 (2011) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #157 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Aliyah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Aliyah were born in California than in any other state: about 7,095 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Aliyah was given 2.2 times as often in Hawaii, 2.2 times in New Mexico and 1.4 times in Delaware.
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