Aaliya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AA-lee-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,051 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,388 for girls
Aaliya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 1,051st for girls in the UK (34 babies) and 3,388th for girls in the US (45 babies).
What does Aaliya mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aliya
“high, exalted”
From the Arabic root meaning to be high or lofty, the same root as the name Ali.
Is Aaliya a girl's or a boy's name?
Aaliya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the UK and 45 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aaliya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,051st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were named Aaliya, making it the 1,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,389th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 42 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aaliya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 997th in England and Wales.
Aaliya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #1,051 |
| 2024 | 36 | #1,020 |
| 2023 | 30 | #1,178 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,389 |
| 2019 | 32 | #1,129 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 36 | #1,062 |
| 2016 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 2014 | 42 | #951 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,261 |
| 2012 | 36 | #1,058 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 2010 | 39 | #949 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,285 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,176 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 2005 | 31 | #943 |
| 2004 | 41 | #744 |
| 2003 | 28 | #951 |
| 2002 | 33 | #812 |
| 2001 | 25 | #955 |
| 2000 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Aaliya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,388th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45 about 1 in 36,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the US were named Aaliya, making it the 3,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,546th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 85 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Aaliya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aaliya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,388 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,274 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,958 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,546 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,964 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,736 |
| 2014 | 79 | #2,323 |
| 2013 | 85 | #2,187 |
| 2012 | 79 | #2,356 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,637 |
| 2010 | 85 | #2,258 |
| 2009 | 68 | #2,671 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,125 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,563 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,029 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 43 | #3,237 |
| 2001 | 45 | #3,087 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Aaliya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Safiya, Zainab, Ayah, Abeeha, Hafsa, Amira, Aliya, Sumayyah, Hiba, Ruqayyah, Rahma
Names related to Aaliya
Aaliyah, Alaya, Alaia, Aliyah, Aiyla, Alaiya, Aaila, Alaiyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aaliya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aaliya, updated 20 October 2026.