Aliou
Boy · a-LEE-oo · Arabic
Aliou is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Aliou mean?
Arabic: West African form of Ali, used in Senegal, Mali and Guinea
“high, exalted”
Ali, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, is honoured throughout the Muslim world.
- Say it
- a-LEE-oo
Is Aliou a girl's or a boy's name?
Aliou is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aliou in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Aliou, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Aliou in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aliou in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Aliou
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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