# Aliyah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aliyah/  
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 | Alliyah |
| US babies named this | 49,054 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 43 / 49,011 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,930, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Ultimately from 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 | 2,301 | 133 |
| 2012 | 2,265 | 140 |
| 2013 | 2,115 | 148 |
| 2014 | 1,971 | 167 |
| 2015 | 1,974 | 164 |
| 2016 | 2,008 | 155 |
| 2017 | 1,915 | 154 |
| 2018 | 1,777 | 161 |
| 2019 | 1,678 | 173 |
| 2020 | 1,532 | 188 |
| 2021 | 1,441 | 208 |
| 2022 | 1,308 | 233 |
| 2023 | 1,352 | 220 |
| 2024 | 1,314 | 237 |
| 2025 | 1,188 | 263 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 5 | 10,736 |
| 2004 | 11 | 6,541 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10,730 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10,826 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,174 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,346 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,228 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 182 | 267 |
| 2012 | 161 | 297 |
| 2013 | 149 | 315 |
| 2014 | 171 | 280 |
| 2015 | 159 | 300 |
| 2016 | 178 | 280 |
| 2017 | 157 | 311 |
| 2018 | 164 | 291 |
| 2019 | 162 | 298 |
| 2020 | 140 | 327 |
| 2021 | 140 | 339 |
| 2022 | 130 | 330 |
| 2023 | 142 | 306 |
| 2024 | 160 | 280 |
| 2025 | 125 | 345 |

## People named Aliyah

- Aliyah Boston, American basketball player (born 2001)
- Aaliyah Love, American pornographic actress
- Aliyah Saleem, author and secular activist

## 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.