NameTides

Aaliyah

Aaliyah was the #101 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,607 babies), and #132 in England & Wales and #216 in Canada.

Aaliyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Aaliyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandCanadaIreland
Aaliyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#101 (2,607)#132 (368)#191 (21)#177 (10)#226 (19)#216 (139)#86 (83)#80 (77)
2024#95 (2,712)#148 (339)#215 (17)#288 (5)#232 (18)#177 (158)#91 (77)#94 (63)
2023#85 (2,858)#137 (356)#163 (26)#178 (10)#279 (14)#161 (160)#75 (84)#76 (70)
2022#69 (3,286)#130 (385)#139 (31)#183 (10)#237 (18)#130 (204)#80 (86)#84 (70)
2021#61 (3,619)#132 (385)#117 (38)#181 (11)#242 (19)#129 (210)#75 (97)—
2020#65 (3,584)#125 (397)#197 (20)#228 (7)#410 (9)#133 (194)#63 (111)—
2019#70 (3,675)#141 (352)#175 (25)#200 (9)#192 (26)#159 (176)#80 (90)—
2018#65 (3,845)#128 (406)#193 (23)#195 (10)#319 (14)#128 (215)#73 (91)—
2017#57 (4,197)#129 (434)#183 (25)#150 (15)#219 (23)#106 (248)#65 (101)—
2016#53 (4,660)#123 (478)#142 (34)#166 (13)#228 (21)#120 (237)#73 (96)—
2015#47 (4,884)#133 (426)#167 (27)#195 (10)#431 (10)#145 (208)#87 (85)—
2014#45 (4,902)#125 (446)#235 (19)#229 (8)#304 (16)#139 (227)#69 (104)—
2013#37 (5,246)#121 (463)#188 (24)#255 (7)#357 (13)#126 (242)#71 (101)—
2012#36 (5,523)#125 (454)#310 (14)#146 (13)#250 (20)#131 (232)#65 (111)—
2011#46 (5,129)#116 (501)#213 (21)#189 (10)#266 (19)#133 (229)#80 (87)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #36.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 620 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 620common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 690common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 850common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 730common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Aaliyah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 690 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 650 to 1 in 730.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aaliyah by state, 2025Alaska: #134AKMaine: #153MEWisconsin: #326WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #95WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #154MNIllinois: #116ILMichigan: #193MINew York: #130NYMassachusetts: #112MAOregon: #158ORNevada: #49NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #97SDIowa: #154IAIndiana: #145INOhio: #139OHPennsylvania: #143PANew Jersey: #133NJConnecticut: #120CTRhode Island: #103RICalifornia: #58CAUtah: #162UTColorado: #118CONebraska: #157NEMissouri: #228MOKentucky: #172KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #127VAMaryland: #168MDDelaware: #46DEArizona: #50AZNew Mexico: #37NMKansas: #156KSArkansas: #270ARTennessee: #148TNNorth Carolina: #113NCSouth Carolina: #114SCDistrict of Columbia: #73DCOklahoma: #185OKLouisiana: #121LAMississippi: #99MSAlabama: #184ALGeorgia: #100GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #66TXFlorida: #80FL
Aaliyah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#14676
Quebec2025#31117

Aaliyah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AaliyahCanadaGirls#216139
AaliyahEngland & WalesGirls#132368
AaliyahIrelandGirls#22619
AaliyahNorthern IrelandGirls#17710
AaliyahNSWGirls#8683
AaliyahScotlandGirls#19121
AaliyahUSGirls#1012,607
AaliyahUSBoys—too few
AaliyahVICGirls#8077