Jaliyah

Jaliyah was the #838 girls' name in the US in 2025 (324 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Jaliyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Jaliyah 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Jaliyah 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#838 (324)#5,927 (3)—
2024#801 (351)—#1,949 (11)
2023#645 (453)—#1,898 (11)
2022#607 (491)#2,889 (8)#2,315 (8)
2021#578 (523)#4,634 (4)#2,893 (6)
2020#529 (570)#3,899 (5)—
2019#541 (567)#4,001 (5)#1,683 (13)
2018#605 (499)#5,666 (3)—
2017#621 (483)—#3,307 (5)
2016#607 (496)——
2015#584 (518)#5,730 (3)#2,179 (9)
2014#526 (587)—#3,316 (5)
2013#494 (606)—#2,204 (9)
2012#465 (671)—#1,787 (12)
2011#442 (704)—#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #442.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 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 5,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jaliyah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,900 to 1 in 6,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jaliyah 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: #597ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #628NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: 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: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #581NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #341MSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #560GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #949TXFlorida: #482FL
Jaliyah (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
JaliyahCanadaGirls—too few
JaliyahEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
JaliyahUSGirls#838324