Alia
Girl · AH-lee-a · Arabic
Alia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 723rd for girls in the UK (56 babies) and 587th for girls in the US (499 babies).
What does Alia mean?
Arabic: also a Hebrew word meaning ascent
“high, exalted”
Arabic aliya means high or exalted, from the same root as Ali; Hebrew aliyah means ascent.
- Say it
- AH-lee-a
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Is Alia a girl's or a boy's name?
Alia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 girls in the UK and 499 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #723among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 5,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the UK were named Alia, making it the 723rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 606th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 102 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 747th in England and Wales and 429th in Scotland.
Alia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #723 |
| 2024 | 89 | #500 |
| 2023 | 51 | #768 |
| 2022 | 57 | #708 |
| 2021 | 56 | #734 |
| 2020 | 69 | #606 |
| 2019 | 77 | #574 |
| 2018 | 70 | #636 |
| 2017 | 86 | #546 |
| 2016 | 102 | #470 |
| 2015 | 64 | #683 |
| 2014 | 76 | #604 |
| 2013 | 76 | #593 |
| 2012 | 48 | #857 |
| 2011 | 53 | #764 |
| 2010 | 59 | #688 |
| 2009 | 49 | #797 |
| 2008 | 38 | #929 |
| 2007 | 27 | #1,138 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 35 | #863 |
| 2004 | 49 | #662 |
| 2003 | 37 | #783 |
| 2002 | 44 | #672 |
| 2001 | 39 | #714 |
| 2000 | 49 | #606 |
| 1999 | 49 | #606 |
| 1998 | 35 | #746 |
| 1997 | 32 | #797 |
| 1996 | 33 | #755 |
How popular is Alia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #587among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 499about 1 in 3,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 499 girls in the US were named Alia, making it the 587th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 577th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 555 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer girls named Alia than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Alia in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 520 girls in the US were given Alia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #578, up from #587 for this spelling alone.
Alia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 499 | #587 |
| 2024 | 542 | #560 |
| 2023 | 545 | #556 |
| 2022 | 511 | #585 |
| 2021 | 505 | #594 |
| 2020 | 510 | #577 |
| 2019 | 555 | #550 |
| 2018 | 450 | #655 |
| 2017 | 461 | #637 |
| 2016 | 450 | #651 |
| 2015 | 472 | #612 |
| 2014 | 384 | #729 |
| 2013 | 381 | #724 |
| 2012 | 363 | #764 |
| 2011 | 380 | #727 |
| 2010 | 384 | #729 |
| 2009 | 368 | #771 |
| 2008 | 294 | #929 |
| 2007 | 264 | #1,001 |
| 2006 | 287 | #921 |
| 2005 | 252 | #970 |
| 2004 | 300 | #828 |
| 2003 | 275 | #878 |
| 2002 | 269 | #856 |
| 2001 | 271 | #843 |
| 2000 | 318 | #730 |
| 1999 | 253 | #853 |
| 1998 | 223 | #931 |
| 1997 | 223 | #901 |
| 1996 | 208 | #933 |
| 1995 | 208 | #905 |
| 1994 | 185 | #1,003 |
| 1993 | 130 | #1,297 |
| 1992 | 144 | #1,205 |
| 1991 | 137 | #1,236 |
| 1990 | 153 | #1,126 |
| 1989 | 129 | #1,231 |
| 1988 | 127 | #1,186 |
| 1987 | 103 | #1,328 |
| 1986 | 141 | #1,065 |
| 1985 | 147 | #1,023 |
| 1984 | 104 | #1,238 |
| 1983 | 112 | #1,169 |
| 1982 | 116 | #1,178 |
| 1981 | 114 | #1,165 |
| 1980 | 109 | #1,206 |
| 1979 | 96 | #1,301 |
| 1978 | 82 | #1,412 |
| 1977 | 106 | #1,170 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,694 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,604 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,733 |
| 1973 | 72 | #1,374 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,523 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Names like Alia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Aria Aaliyah Khadija Aisha Safa Amara Amina Ayla Ayah Fatima Aliya
Other spellings of Alia
Names related to Alia
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