Aaliyha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-LEE-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
Aaliyha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Aaliyha mean?
Arabic: variant of Aaliyah, from Arabic aliya
“high, exalted”
Respelling of Aaliyah, the name made widely known by the R&B singer Aaliyah (1979–2001).
Is Aaliyha a girl's or a boy's name?
Aaliyha is a girls' name.
How popular is Aaliyha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 8 girls.
Aaliyha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
How popular is Aaliyha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Aaliyha in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aaliyha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
Nicknames for Aaliyha
- Liyah 6 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Aaliyha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hiba, Hafsa, Abeeha, Zainab, Rahma, Amira, Halima, Habiba, Sumayyah, Safiya, Ayah
Names related to Aaliyha
Aaliyah, Aliyah, Aliya, Alaiya, Aaliya, Aaila, Alaiyah, Aalia, Aayla, Aalayah
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, “Aaliyha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aaliyha, updated 20 October 2026.