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Aliya

Girl

Meaning of Aliya: Arabic: 'exalted or high'

Aliya is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 801st most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 565th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#801

330 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#565

69 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

11,075

First recorded 1971 · peak 2012

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 48 babies1982: 44 babies1983: 24 babies1984: 39 babies1985: 28 babies1986: 39 babies1987: 36 babies1988: 30 babies1989: 56 babies1990: 30 babies19901991: 55 babies1992: 57 babies1993: 67 babies1994: 107 babies1995: 121 babies1996: 149 babies1997: 162 babies1998: 188 babies1999: 215 babies2000: 322 babies20002001: 343 babies2002: 327 babies2003: 323 babies2004: 342 babies2005: 396 babies2006: 404 babies2007: 395 babies2008: 460 babies2009: 452 babies2010: 450 babies20102011: 432 babies2012: 483 babies2013: 358 babies2014: 318 babies2015: 293 babies2016: 332 babies2017: 287 babies2018: 293 babies2019: 304 babies2020: 312 babies20202021: 362 babies2022: 332 babies2023: 310 babies2024: 316 babies2025: 330 babies
US babies named Aliya per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 483.

Gender split

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

Origins & cultures

More Arabic & Persian girls' names

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