NameTides

Aliah

Aliah was the #1,192 girls' name in the US in 2025 (193 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Aliah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Aliah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Aliah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,192 (193)#3,035 (8)#2,475 (8)
2024#1,242 (187)#2,575 (10)—
2023#1,205 (198)—#3,290 (5)
2022#1,118 (220)—#2,315 (8)
2021#1,099 (225)—#2,616 (7)
2020#1,224 (187)#3,899 (5)#2,591 (7)
2019#1,082 (232)#3,151 (7)#3,266 (5)
2018#1,111 (220)#3,985 (5)#2,587 (7)
2017#1,108 (227)#4,763 (4)#1,901 (11)
2016#1,184 (211)#4,096 (5)#2,892 (6)
2015#1,007 (266)#2,945 (8)#1,659 (13)
2014#1,321 (179)#2,659 (9)#1,681 (13)
2013#1,184 (203)#3,536 (6)#2,376 (8)
2012#1,121 (221)#2,717 (9)#1,904 (11)
2011#1,090 (225)#4,049 (5)#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #1,007.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Aliah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,400 to 1 in 9,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aliah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #788CAUtah: #605UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #742TXFlorida: #825FL
Aliah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AliahCanadaGirls#2,4758
AliahEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
AliahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AliahUSGirls#1,192193