Naliyah
Naliyah was the 2529th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 70 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1887th with 106 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 640 places. More babies were named Naliyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,529 girls, up 1,236 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 70girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024106 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,332babies recorded
Naliyah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,529 | 70 |
| 2020 | #3,765 | 39 |
| 2010 | #2,891 | 60 |
| 2000 | #12,739 | 7 |
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How popular is Naliyah, counting every spelling?
Naliyah is the most common spelling of a name family that had 86 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 86 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naliyah | 70 | #2,529 | 351 |
| Naliya | 6 | #14,408 | 35 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Naliyah?
70 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Naliyah (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Naliyah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 120 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Naliyah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Naliyah?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Naliyah are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 5 and 17. That makes Naliyah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Naliyah by state
How common Naliyah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Naliyah
How popular is the name Naliyah?
Naliyah was the 2529th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 70 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1887th with 106 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 640 places. More babies were named Naliyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Naliyah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Naliyah in the US.
Where is Naliyah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Naliyah was most common in Michigan (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and Arizona.