Aaliyah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Aaliyah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Aaliyah: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #41 in 2002, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
115times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#41highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Aaliyah's record

Moved 191 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#319
1997	#283
1998	#320
1999	#429
2000	#268
2001	#182
2002	#92
2003	#96
2004	#109
2005	#129
2006	#108
2007	#143
2008	#122
2009	#132
2010	#129
2011	#116
2012	#125
2013	#121
2014	#125
2015	#133
2016	#123
2017	#129
2018	#128
2019	#141
2020	#125
2021	#132
2022	#130
2023	#137
2024	#148

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2025: #86 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #226 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #319 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2023
Highest recorded position: #41 among girls in New Zealand, in 2002 (recorded 2001–2023).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #86 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Aaliyah appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 10,746 births with the name.

Aaliyah across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Aaliyah's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#319 (1996)	#92 (2002)	#148 (2024)	29 of 29	10,746 (1996–2024)	533 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#335 (2001)	#192 (2019)	#226 (2025)	25 of 25	401 (2001–2025)	26 (2019)
New Zealand · Girls	#77 (2001)	#41 (2002)	#64 (2023)	20 of 23	1,255 (2001–2023)	82 (2002)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#150 (2002)	#139 (2004)	#288 (2024)	23 of 23	216 (2002–2024)	15 (2017)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#98 (2009)	#63 (2020)	#86 (2025)	17 of 17	1,557 (2009–2025)	111 (2012)

Aaliyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Aaliyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	421	4 of 10	105
2000s	4,060	10 of 10	406
2010sbusiest	4,403	10 of 10	440
2020s	1,862	5 of 10	372

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 440 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2001 and 2002, when recorded births rose by 303, from 230 to 533.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Aaliyah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #41 in New Zealand in 2002.

Aaliyah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#148	339	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#137	356	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#130	385	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#132	385	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#125	397	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#141	352	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#128	406	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#129	434	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#123	478	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#133	426	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#125	446	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#121	463	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#125	454	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#116	501	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#129	443	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#132	417	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#122	422	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#143	379	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#108	487	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#129	426	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#109	488	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#96	531	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#92	533	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#182	230	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#268	147	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#429	70	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#320	112	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#283	128	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#319	111	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#91	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	female	#80	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#63	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	female	#80	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#65	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	female	#69	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	female	#65	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	female	#80	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#100	74	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	female	#64	60	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	female	#78	53	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	female	#70	53	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#87	47	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#69	56	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#56	71	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#81	56	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	female	#50	68	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#56	66	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#52	70	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#62	62	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#55	73	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#60	63	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	female	#56	72	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#71	58	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#54	70	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#58	58	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#62	63	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#41	82	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#77	54	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#288	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#178	10	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#183	10	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#181	11	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#228	7	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#200	9	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#195	10	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#150	15	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#166	13	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#195	10	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#255	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#146	13	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#253	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#170	11	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#177	10	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#139	13	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#225	6	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#150	12	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	19	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	18	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	14	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#237	18	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	19	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	26	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	14	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#219	23	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	21	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	16	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	20	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	19	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	19	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#358	13	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	21	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#260	16	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	18	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	8	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#215	17	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #41, first reached in 2002.

It held a top-100 place in 24 years, 21 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 533 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Aalia · #986, 28y
Aaliya · #712, 29y
Aaliyah-Mae · #3218, 10y
Aaliyah-Rose · #1785, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ashton · #41, 33y
Toby · #41, 32y
Mikayla · #42, 31y
Piper · #42, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Faith · #42, 30y
Lexi · #40, 28y
Mikayla · #42, 31y
Piper · #42, 29y

Aaliyah was ranked #41 in New Zealand · Girls in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aaliyah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Aaliyah without appearing here.

Aaliyah moved ahead of

Karen Compare
In 2015 they stood at #431 and #378 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #228 and #750.
Paula Compare
In 2021 they stood at #410 and #375 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #237 and #747.
Linda Compare
In 2005 they stood at #317 and #317 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #260 and #764.
Jacqueline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #294 and #279 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #317 and #677.

Moved ahead of Aaliyah

Fiadh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #146 and #172 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #255 and #106.
Lily Compare
In 2002 they stood at #150 and #162 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #225 and #79.
Sophia Compare
In 2002 they stood at #150 and #155 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #225 and #89.
Ruby Compare
In 2004 they stood at #139 and #155 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #177 and #51.

Moved the opposite way to Aaliyah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aaliyah went from #319 to #148 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aaliyah went from #319 to #148 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aaliyah went from #319 to #148 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aaliyah went from #319 to #148 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Aaliyah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aaliyah went from #319 to #148 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aaliyah went from #319 to #148 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aaliyah went from #319 to #148 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aaliyah went from #319 to #148 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #41 in New Zealand in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aaliyah

Aaliyah at a glance

What stands out in Aaliyah's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aaliyah across 5 official records

Aaliyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Aaliyah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Aaliyah

Aaliyah and the names beside it

Aaliyah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aaliyah

Moved the opposite way to Aaliyah

Moved the same way as Aaliyah

Aaliyah at a glance

What stands out in Aaliyah's record

Aaliyah across 5 official records

Aaliyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Aaliyah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Aaliyah

Aaliyah and the names beside it

Aaliyah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aaliyah

Moved the opposite way to Aaliyah

Moved the same way as Aaliyah