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Alia

Girl

Meaning of Alia: Arabic: 'exalted or high'

Alia is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 575th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 483rd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#575

499 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#483

83 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

14,028

First recorded 1915 · peak 2019

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 114 babies1982: 116 babies1983: 112 babies1984: 104 babies1985: 147 babies1986: 141 babies1987: 103 babies1988: 127 babies1989: 129 babies1990: 153 babies19901991: 137 babies1992: 144 babies1993: 130 babies1994: 185 babies1995: 208 babies1996: 208 babies1997: 223 babies1998: 223 babies1999: 253 babies2000: 318 babies20002001: 271 babies2002: 269 babies2003: 275 babies2004: 300 babies2005: 252 babies2006: 287 babies2007: 264 babies2008: 294 babies2009: 368 babies2010: 384 babies20102011: 380 babies2012: 363 babies2013: 381 babies2014: 384 babies2015: 472 babies2016: 450 babies2017: 461 babies2018: 450 babies2019: 555 babies2020: 510 babies20202021: 505 babies2022: 511 babies2023: 545 babies2024: 542 babies2025: 499 babies
US babies named Alia per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 555.

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