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Alias

Gender
Boy
Say it
a-LYE-as
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#3,021 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,571 for boys

Alias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 1,571st for boys in the US (108 babies).

What does Alias mean?

Hebrew: probably a variant of Elias, the Greek form of Elijah

Also an English word meaning an assumed or false name.

Is Alias a girl's or a boy's name?

Alias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 108 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Alias in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,021st among boys
Babies in 2025
7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 62% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Alias, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.

2025 had the most boys named Alias of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.

1998Busiest: 7 in 20252025
Alias in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20257#3,021
20246#3,335
20230–
20223#5,017
20216#3,179
20204#4,025
20194#4,126
20180–
20171#6,312
20160–
20150–
20145#3,529
20130–
20120–
20110–
20105#3,478
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20041#4,870
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19984#2,531

How popular is Alias in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,571st among boys
Babies in 2025
108 about 1 in 16,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 63% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 108 boys in the US were named Alias, making it the 1,571st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,263rd. It first appears in the records in 1971.

2025 had the most boys named Alias of any year since it first appeared, in 1971.

Half of all the boys named Alias in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 119 boys in the US were given Alias or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,338, up from #1,571 for this spelling alone.

1971Busiest: 108 in 20252025
Alias in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025108#1,571
202484#1,891
202391#1,774
202278#1,964
202172#2,039
202060#2,263
201970#2,061
201844#2,747
201742#2,839
201629#3,680
201529#3,683
201428#3,691
201321#4,461
201230#3,527
201122#4,354
201024#4,098
200923#4,276
200822#4,392
200723#4,241
200618#4,861
200528#3,443
200421#4,124
200321#3,971
200224#3,549
200121#3,837
200024#3,417
199914#4,756
199816#4,193
199718#3,733
199610#5,528
199511#5,118
19946#7,764
19938#6,221
19926#7,414
199111#4,752
19906#7,171
19897#6,222
19887#5,745
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19796#5,353
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19735#5,099
19726#4,438
19717#3,961

Names like Alias

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Elias, Tobias, Asher, Axel, Matteo, Elijah, Atlas, Ibrahim, Matias, Adriel, Musa, Matthias

Names related to Alias

Ilias, Aliyas, Alyas, Ahlias

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie

Every Hebrew name

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, “Alias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alias, updated 20 October 2026.