# Aliya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aliya/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,075 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 11,075 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,332, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 432 | 657 |
| 2012 | 483 | 598 |
| 2013 | 358 | 760 |
| 2014 | 318 | 866 |
| 2015 | 293 | 928 |
| 2016 | 332 | 852 |
| 2017 | 287 | 923 |
| 2018 | 293 | 915 |
| 2019 | 304 | 886 |
| 2020 | 312 | 863 |
| 2021 | 362 | 783 |
| 2022 | 332 | 843 |
| 2023 | 310 | 862 |
| 2024 | 316 | 856 |
| 2025 | 330 | 823 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 575 |
| 2012 | 91 | 483 |
| 2013 | 80 | 519 |
| 2014 | 77 | 547 |
| 2015 | 82 | 525 |
| 2016 | 79 | 537 |
| 2017 | 100 | 439 |
| 2018 | 103 | 426 |
| 2019 | 81 | 506 |
| 2020 | 77 | 521 |
| 2021 | 80 | 513 |
| 2022 | 72 | 541 |
| 2023 | 63 | 600 |
| 2024 | 69 | 565 |
| 2025 | 80 | 502 |

## People named Aliya

- Aliya Garayeva, Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast
- Aliyeh Ataei, Afghan novelist and screenplay writer

## 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.