# Aaliyah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aaliyah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Aliyah, Alliyah |
| US babies named this | 110,077 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 106 / 109,971 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11,114, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Popularized by American singer Aaliyah Haughton (1979–2001). Transliteration of Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,129 | 46 |
| 2012 | 5,523 | 36 |
| 2013 | 5,246 | 37 |
| 2014 | 4,902 | 45 |
| 2015 | 4,884 | 47 |
| 2016 | 4,660 | 53 |
| 2017 | 4,197 | 57 |
| 2018 | 3,845 | 65 |
| 2019 | 3,675 | 70 |
| 2020 | 3,584 | 65 |
| 2021 | 3,619 | 61 |
| 2022 | 3,286 | 69 |
| 2023 | 2,858 | 85 |
| 2024 | 2,712 | 95 |
| 2025 | 2,607 | 101 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 6 | 7,772 |
| 1998 | 5 | 9,632 |
| 2001 | 8 | 7,536 |
| 2002 | 8 | 7,643 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9,582 |
| 2004 | 11 | 6,522 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7,097 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10,767 |
| 2012 | 7 | 9,710 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,604 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,111 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,089 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9,699 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,146 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,243 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 501 | 116 |
| 2012 | 454 | 125 |
| 2013 | 463 | 121 |
| 2014 | 446 | 125 |
| 2015 | 426 | 133 |
| 2016 | 478 | 123 |
| 2017 | 434 | 129 |
| 2018 | 406 | 128 |
| 2019 | 352 | 141 |
| 2020 | 397 | 125 |
| 2021 | 385 | 132 |
| 2022 | 385 | 130 |
| 2023 | 356 | 137 |
| 2024 | 339 | 148 |
| 2025 | 368 | 132 |

## People named Aaliyah

- Aaliyah, American R&B singer (1979–2001)
- Aaliyah Brown, American athlete
- Aaliyah Butler, American athlete (born 2003)
- Aaliyah Love, American pornographic actress
- Aaliyah Edwards, Canadian basketball player (born 2002)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.