girls:
962 births since 2001
#4754 (17th percentile)
overall:
962 births since 2001
#6777 (12th percentile)
The name Zaliyah is the #6,777 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 962 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 12.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,754 (16.8% percentile) for all time with 962 births since 2001.
Zaliyah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (first recorded for girls in 2001).
For girls, Zaliyah reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 9.2% percentile (ranked #850) with 51 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 51 births per million (ranked 9.2% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zaliyah ranks #888 for girls (6.2% percentile) with 37 births per million, which is 72.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zaliyah".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Zaliyah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.9% confident that Zaliyah is pronounced as zuh-LEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zah-LEE-yuh, at 19.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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