Aaliyah-Rae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LEE-a-RAY
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Aaliyah-Rae is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted + ewe”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Aaliyah-Rae mean?
Arabic: Aaliyah + Rae
“high, exalted + ewe”
Joins Aaliyah (Arabic, “high, exalted”) and Rae (Hebrew, “ewe”).
Meanings borrowed from Aaliyah and Rae.
Is Aaliyah-Rae a girl's or a boy's name?
Aaliyah-Rae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aaliyah-Rae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 233% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Aaliyah-Rae, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2016, with 4 girls.
2025 had more girls named Aaliyah-Rae than any year since 2016.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Aaliyah-Rae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
Names like Aaliyah-Rae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah, Abeeha, Nusaybah, Safa, Aafiyah, Aaliyah, Hiba, Zainab, Amal, Ruqayyah, Hafsa, Amira
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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aaliyah-Rae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aaliyah-rae, updated 20 October 2026.