Is Jaliyah a boy or girl name?
Jaliyah is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 350 girls and 0 boys were named Jaliyah, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 11,946 US babies named Jaliyah were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #800
- Babies named Jaliyah since 1994
- 11,946
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 704 babies
Boys and girls named Jaliyah, by decade
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 350 | #800 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 452 | #649 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 488 | #610 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 523 | #578 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 570 | #529 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 567 | #541 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 499 | #605 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 483 | #621 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 495 | #607 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 518 | #584 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 587 | #528 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 606 | #494 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 671 | #465 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 704 | #442 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 636 | #475 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 627 | #490 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 563 | #547 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 401 | #727 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 358 | #770 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 323 | #800 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 322 | #793 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 275 | #879 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 284 | #820 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 186 | #1,127 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 101 | #1,733 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 65 | #2,292 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 80 | #1,906 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 81 | #1,832 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 37 | #3,172 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 58 | #2,291 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 36 | #3,182 |
Highest rank
Jaliyah has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #442 in 2011. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Jaliyah
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.