Ahliyah
Girl · ah-LEE-yah · Arabic
Ahliyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Ahliyah 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).
- Say it
- ah-LEE-yah
Is Ahliyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ahliyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ahliyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Ahliyah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Ahliyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ahliyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
Nicknames for Ahliyah
- Liyah 6 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Ahliyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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