Alivia

What Alivia means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Alivia yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #215 in 2015, #484 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Alivia?

US: Falling: down from #215 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #569 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2009, when 1,829 girls got the name (#178 that year). First in the US records in 1952.

How common

• About 1 in 2,597 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 28,142 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (1.38 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.24 per 1,000 girls), AR (1.23 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Alivia is #484 in the US and #2788 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Alivia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Olivia13,544 US · 2,386 E&W
• Alyvia109 US
• Olyvia48 US
• Aliviah15 US
• Alyviah10 US
• Oliviah9 US
• Olivea7 US
• Elivia5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Alivia

Girls

• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*
• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Sophia#5“wisdom”^*
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Serenity#129Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #129 vs #997 in 2025

For a brother

• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Jeremiah#88“Yahweh exalt”^*
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Alivia’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.