Aliyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-lee-YAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Aliyan is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
Where does Aliyan come from?
Arabic: modern South Asian name built on Ali
Is Aliyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Aliyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aliyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 121% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Aliyan, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aliyan 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 Aliyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Aliyan 11
- Aliyaan 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Aliyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
How popular is Aliyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Aliyan, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Aliyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aliyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
Nicknames for Aliyan
- Ali 539 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Aliyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Zayaan, Zayan, Azaan, Huzaifa, Abdulrahman, Zayd, Arham, Musa, Mustafa, Zayyan
Other spellings of Aliyan
Names related to Aliyan
Alan, Alyaan, Alin, Alyan, Aylan, Aaliyan, Ilyan, Alain, Alihan, Alian, Alyn
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Aliyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aliyan, updated 20 October 2026.