girls:
1.4k births since 1991
#4319 (24th percentile)
boys:
12.8k births since 1987
#1023 (78th percentile)
overall:
14.2k births since 1987
#2197 (72nd percentile)
The name Alijah is the #2,197 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 14,237 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 71.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,023 (77.7% percentile) for all time with 12,825 births since 1987. For girls, it ranks #4,319 (24.4% percentile) for all time with 1,412 births since 1991.
Alijah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for boys and 1991 for girls). Birth data for Alijah is available in 36 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023 (36 years for boys and 33 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 Alijah has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 90.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Alijah reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 58.6% percentile (ranked #386) with 407 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 407 births per million (ranked 58.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Alijah ranks #407 for boys (55.4% percentile) with 380 births per million, which is 93.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Alijah reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 8.9% percentile (ranked #818) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 44 births per million (ranked 8.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Alijah ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 23.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alijah".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Alijah", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 44 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Elijah" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Elijah..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Alijah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.5% confident that Alijah is pronounced as uh-LAI-juh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-LEE-juh, at 39.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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