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Alijah name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Alijah ranks #469 in male records (651 reported) and #7,505 in female records (14 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#7,505 · 14 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 8 female records (22 to 14); rank moved from #5,625 to #7,505.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 16 female records (30 to 14); rank moved from #4,510 to #7,505.
2025 male rank and count
#469 · 651 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 88 male records (739 to 651); rank moved from #429 to #469.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 111 male records (762 to 651); rank moved from #408 to #469.
Peak year in available data
2021: 762 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Alijah becoming more popular?

Alijah's reported male count decreased by 88 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #429 to #469. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Alijah in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for AlijahFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.7620201620252016: 56 female records2017: 61 female records2018: 55 female records2019: 56 female records2020: 47 female records2021: 30 female records2022: 34 female records2023: 18 female records2024: 22 female records2025: 14 female records2016: 588 male records2017: 619 male records2018: 590 male records2019: 606 male records2020: 669 male records2021: 762 male records2022: 653 male records2023: 702 male records2024: 739 male records2025: 651 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025147,505651469
2024225,625739429
2023186,421702443
2022344,208653470
2021304,510762408
2020473,284669447
2019562,927606483
2018552,964590489
2017612,781619476
2016562,968588509

Questions about Alijah’s popularity

How common is Alijah in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Alijah ranks #469 in male records (651 reported) and #7,505 in female records (14 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Alijah?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Alijah only.

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