Aliya

What Aliya means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1971, with 16 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Aliya?

US: Rising: up from #928 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #525 in 2015, #502 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2012, when 483 girls got the name (#598 that year). First in the US records in 1971.

How common

• About 1 in 4,871 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,166 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 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 MN (0.79 per 1,000 girls), PA (0.56 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.55 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Aliya is #823 in the US and #502 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 Aliya were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Aliyah1,188 US · 125 E&W
• Alaya834 US · 188 E&W
• Alayah756 US · 109 E&W
• Alaiya343 US · 42 E&W
• Alya167 US · 70 E&W
• Elaya89 US · 71 E&W
• Alaiyah131 US · 17 E&W
• Aleyah119 US · 10 E&W

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 Aliya

Girls

• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Jack#15Short form of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• 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
• Caden#201Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #201 vs #745 in 2025
• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Isaac#47“he laughs, he will laugh”^*

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 Aliya’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.