Masculine dossier · first seen 1987

Alijah

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Alijah
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2021

Peak rank proxy

762

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1987Peak 20212024

Peak year

2021

Decline from peak

3.7%

2024

734

All-time

13,567

Alijah has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2021, when 762 boys were named Alijah.

In 2024, only 734 boys were given the name.

All told, about 13,567 Americans have been named Alijah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1987.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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