girls:
687 births since 1994
#5029 (12th percentile)
overall:
687 births since 1994
#7052 (9th percentile)
The name Shaliyah is the #7,052 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 687 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 8.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,029 (12.0% percentile) for all time with 687 births since 1994.
Shaliyah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (first recorded for girls in 1994). Birth data for Shaliyah is available in 28 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Shaliyah reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 6.0% percentile (ranked #840) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 30 births per million (ranked 6.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Shaliyah ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 9.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaliyah".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Shaliyah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.6% confident that Shaliyah is pronounced as shuh-LEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuh-LEE-yuh, at 18.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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