girls:
149 births since 1994
#5567 (3rd percentile)
boys:
284 births since 2002
#4302 (6th percentile)
overall:
433 births since 1994
#7306 (6th percentile)
The name Aalijah is the #7,306 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 433 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 5.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,302 (6.1% percentile) for all time with 284 births since 2002. For girls, it ranks #5,567 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 149 births since 1994.
Aalijah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for girls and 2002 for boys). Birth data for Aalijah is available in 26 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023 (22 years for boys and 19 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Aalijah has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (65.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Aalijah were boys. Interestingly, until around 2005, the name was more popular for girls (64.3% girls from 1994 to 2004), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (71.3% boys from 2005 to 2023).
For boys, Aalijah reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #900) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Despite a low point around 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Aalijah ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 47.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Aalijah reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #939) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2018.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aalijah".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Aalijah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.8% confident that Aalijah is pronounced as AH-lee-juh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-LEE-juh, at 20.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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