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Aaliya

Girl

Meaning of Aaliya: Arabic: 'exalted or high'

Aaliya is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 3268th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 980th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#3268

45 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#980

36 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

1,571

First recorded 1988 · peak 2013

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 5 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 21 babies1995: 19 babies1996: 10 babies1997: 27 babies1998: 21 babies1999: 15 babies2000: 32 babies20002001: 45 babies2002: 43 babies2003: 43 babies2004: 51 babies2005: 58 babies2006: 44 babies2007: 55 babies2008: 60 babies2009: 68 babies2010: 85 babies20102011: 67 babies2012: 79 babies2013: 85 babies2014: 79 babies2015: 64 babies2016: 57 babies2017: 55 babies2018: 51 babies2019: 46 babies2020: 42 babies20202021: 56 babies2022: 43 babies2023: 49 babies2024: 51 babies2025: 45 babies
US babies named Aaliya per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 85.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

More Arabic & Persian girls' names

Other names starting with A