Alijah

maleStatistical record

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

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

Alijah: Recorded since 2002, its highest recorded position is #1,268, and it stood at #1,322 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#1268highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2016

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2016	#3609

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3225 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #1268 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Alijah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Alijah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	13	4 of 10	3
2010s	89	9 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	97	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Alijah appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1268 in England and Wales in 2022.

Alijah'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	male	#1322	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1268	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1273	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,268, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
12 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,322position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
21births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

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.

Alif · #720, 15y
Aliha · #2325, 15y
Alika · #937, 18y
Aliki · #3160, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Ziah · #1268, 18y
Abeera · #1267, 18y
Auden · #1272, 18y
Arturo · #1273, 23y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Anakin · #1268, 24y
Ziah · #1268, 18y
Abeera · #1267, 18y
Auden · #1272, 18y

Alijah 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 Alijah without appearing here.

Alijah moved ahead of

Aria Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3830 and #1788 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1442 and #4747.
Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3467 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1442 and #4747.
Harald Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4052 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1442 and #4747.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2954 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2459 and #4632.

Moved the opposite way to Alijah

Aaron Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Alijah went from #3225 to #1322 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Alijah went from #3225 to #1322 while Adam went from #17 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Alijah went from #3225 to #1322 while Alan went from #239 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Alijah went from #3225 to #1322 while Alex went from #42 to #171.

Moved the same way as Alijah

Albie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Alijah went from #3225 to #1322 and Albie from #722 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Alijah went from #3225 to #1322 and Alfie from #49 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Alijah went from #3225 to #1322 and Alfred from #142 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Alijah went from #3225 to #1322 and Archie from #55 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1268 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alijah

Alijah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alijah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Alijah at a glance

Alijah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Alijah and the names beside it

Alijah moved ahead of

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