# Alliyah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alliyah/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɑˈlijə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,013 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,013 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 222, 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 | 111 | 1,819 |
| 2012 | 117 | 1,760 |
| 2013 | 87 | 2,153 |
| 2014 | 72 | 2,497 |
| 2015 | 64 | 2,738 |
| 2016 | 49 | 3,285 |
| 2017 | 41 | 3,701 |
| 2018 | 31 | 4,461 |
| 2019 | 27 | 4,917 |
| 2020 | 28 | 4,651 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,097 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5,803 |
| 2023 | 16 | 6,947 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,270 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,340 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 13 | 1,690 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,509 |
| 2007 | 10 | 2,233 |
| 2008 | 12 | 2,022 |
| 2009 | 11 | 2,148 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## 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.