Aalliyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LEE-a
- Origin
- Arabic
Aalliyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Aalliyah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aaliyah, itself a spelling of Aliya
“high, exalted”
Made widely known in the English-speaking world by the American singer Aaliyah (1979-2001).
Meaning borrowed from Aaliyah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Aalliyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aalliyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Aalliyah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Aalliyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aalliyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
Names like Aalliyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Samiyah, Zakiyah, Zaniyah, Aziyah, Naziyah, Kaliyah, Aliya, Taliyah, Jaliyah, Safa, Sumayyah
Names related to Aalliyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from 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, “Aalliyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aalliyah, updated 20 October 2026.