Aliyaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-lee-YAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Aliyaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
Where does Aliyaan come from?
Arabic: spelling of Aliyan; modern South Asian name built on Ali
Meaning borrowed from Aliyan.
Is Aliyaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Aliyaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aliyaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Aliyaan, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aliyaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were given Aliyaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Aliyan 11
- Aliyaan 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Aliyaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 2 | #6,181 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
Nicknames for Aliyaan
- Ali 539 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Aliyaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Abdullah Mustafa Zayaan Ahmed Musa Zayd Zayan Azaan Ibrahim Abdulrahman Amir
Other spellings of Aliyaan
Names related to Aliyaan
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali 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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aliyaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aliyaan, updated 20 October 2026.