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How popular is the name Aaliyah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Aaliyahs are alive today.
Aaliyah (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 132nd in 2025 with 368 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2002, when 533 babies were given the name, the 92nd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2011, with 501 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 148 in 2024 before climbing back to the 132nd place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 11,000 babies have been named Aaliyah in England and Wales since 1996.
The Aaliyah you are most likely to meet is around 23 years old. Half of all Aaliyahs born in England and Wales are between 8 and 22, and there are at least 11,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Aaliyah.
How many babies are named Aaliyah each year?
Where does Aaliyah rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Aaliyah most popular?
Aaliyah peaked in 2002, when 533 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Aaliyah?
At least 11,000 people named Aaliyah born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Aaliyah?
Most living Aaliyahs are between 8 and 22; the most common age is about 23.
Is Aaliyah becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.