How popular is the name Aaliyah?

Aaliyah ranks 342nd among girls' names in US records, with 107,762 births since 1976. Over the past decade it accounts for 37,353.

Is Aaliyah a unisex name?

No. Aaliyah is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2012, when 5,534 children were given the name. It has been in use for 49 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#342 of girl names

Pronounced AA2 L IY1 AA2 (ARPABET)

Aaliyah is a girls' name, and first appears in 1976. It has been given to 107,762 children — the 342nd most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2012, when 5,534 children were given it.

2012Girls: 5,534Boys: 7

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Aaliyah?: Aaliyah ranks 342nd among girls' names in US records, with 107,762 births since 1976. Over the past decade it accounts for 37,353.
Is Aaliyah a unisex name?: No. Aaliyah is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Aaliyah most popular?: 2012, when 5,534 children were given the name. It has been in use for 49 years and is still recorded as of 2024.