Aaliyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-lee-yan
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Aaliyan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Aaliyan mean?
Arabic: elaboration of Ali used in South Asian Muslim families
“high, exalted”
Built on Ali, from the Arabic root meaning 'high' or 'lofty'.
Is Aaliyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Aaliyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aaliyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Aaliyan, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aaliyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Aaliyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 13 | #1,902 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Aaliyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Aaliyan, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Aaliyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
Nicknames for Aaliyan
- Ali 539 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Aaliyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Abdullah Mustafa Zayaan Amir Zayd Musa Zayan Azaan Abdulrahman Huzaifa Ahmed
Names related to Aaliyan
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira 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, “Aaliyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aaliyan, updated 20 October 2026.