girls:
1.3k births since 1990
#4431 (22nd percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2003
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1990
#6445 (17th percentile)
The name Alizah is the #6,445 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,297 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 16.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,431 (22.5% percentile) for all time with 1,292 births since 1990. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2003.
Alizah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for girls and 2003 for boys). Birth data for Alizah is available in 32 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023 (32 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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 Alizah has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Alizah reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 9.5% percentile (ranked #867) with 54 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 54 births per million (ranked 9.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Alizah ranks #868 for girls (8.4% percentile) with 48 births per million, which is 89.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Alizah reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #825) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2003.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alizah".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Alizah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.8% confident that Alizah is pronounced as uh-LEE-zuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-lih-zuh, at 22.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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