Aliyah
Girl · a-LEE-a · Arabic
Aliyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 347th for girls in the UK (137 babies) and 263rd for girls in the US (1,188 babies).
What does Aliyah 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
- a-LEE-a
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Is Aliyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aliyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 137 girls in the UK and 1,188 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aliyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #347among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 137about 1 in 2,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 137 girls in the UK were named Aliyah, making it the 347th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 328th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 291 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Aliyah than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Aliyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 571 girls in the UK were given Aliyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #109, up from #347 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 345th in England and Wales and 284th in Scotland.
Aliyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137 | #347 |
| 2024 | 171 | #289 |
| 2023 | 155 | #313 |
| 2022 | 142 | #340 |
| 2021 | 155 | #339 |
| 2020 | 150 | #328 |
| 2019 | 171 | #308 |
| 2018 | 181 | #296 |
| 2017 | 172 | #309 |
| 2016 | 199 | #282 |
| 2015 | 173 | #302 |
| 2014 | 183 | #287 |
| 2013 | 166 | #316 |
| 2012 | 166 | #321 |
| 2011 | 197 | #275 |
| 2010 | 211 | #264 |
| 2009 | 245 | #225 |
| 2008 | 224 | #248 |
| 2007 | 228 | #251 |
| 2006 | 200 | #264 |
| 2005 | 214 | #240 |
| 2004 | 291 | #186 |
| 2003 | 224 | #232 |
| 2002 | 206 | #237 |
| 2001 | 151 | #287 |
| 2000 | 151 | #282 |
| 1999 | 124 | #304 |
| 1998 | 79 | #438 |
| 1997 | 80 | #443 |
| 1996 | 63 | #492 |
How popular is Aliyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #263among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,188about 1 in 1,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,188 girls in the US were named Aliyah, making it the 263rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 188th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 2,301 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had fewer girls named Aliyah than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Aliyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,461 girls in the US were given Aliyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #60, up from #263 for this spelling alone.
Aliyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,188 | #263 |
| 2024 | 1,314 | #237 |
| 2023 | 1,352 | #220 |
| 2022 | 1,308 | #233 |
| 2021 | 1,441 | #208 |
| 2020 | 1,532 | #188 |
| 2019 | 1,678 | #173 |
| 2018 | 1,777 | #161 |
| 2017 | 1,915 | #154 |
| 2016 | 2,008 | #155 |
| 2015 | 1,974 | #164 |
| 2014 | 1,971 | #167 |
| 2013 | 2,115 | #148 |
| 2012 | 2,265 | #140 |
| 2011 | 2,301 | #133 |
| 2010 | 2,163 | #143 |
| 2009 | 1,991 | #158 |
| 2008 | 1,754 | #191 |
| 2007 | 1,611 | #213 |
| 2006 | 1,452 | #235 |
| 2005 | 1,462 | #233 |
| 2004 | 1,529 | #221 |
| 2003 | 1,392 | #236 |
| 2002 | 1,607 | #203 |
| 2001 | 1,411 | #226 |
| 2000 | 1,116 | #287 |
| 1999 | 867 | #345 |
| 1998 | 878 | #336 |
| 1997 | 897 | #322 |
| 1996 | 675 | #391 |
| 1995 | 785 | #338 |
| 1994 | 732 | #357 |
| 1993 | 66 | #2,063 |
| 1992 | 56 | #2,313 |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,544 |
| 1990 | 45 | #2,595 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,739 |
| 1987 | 32 | #2,970 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,850 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Aliyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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