Alieu
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-ee-oo
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Alieu is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high; exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Alieu mean?
Arabic: Gambian and Sierra Leonean form of Ali
“high; exalted”
Ali ibn Abi Talib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, is the best-known bearer of Ali.
Is Alieu a girl's or a boy's name?
Alieu is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alieu in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 250% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Alieu, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alieu in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Alieu in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Alieu in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Alieu, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Alieu in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alieu in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Alieu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ali, Alfie, Albie, Oliver, Abdullah, Abdul, Muhammad, Archer, Elijah, Harrison, Rafferty, Hudson
Names related to Alieu
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, 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, “Alieu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alieu, updated 20 October 2026.