Aliyha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-LEE-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
Aliyha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Aliyha mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aaliyha, itself a variant of Aaliyah, from Arabic aliya
“high, exalted”
Respelling of Aaliyah, the name made widely known by the R&B singer Aaliyah (1979–2001).
Meaning borrowed from Aaliyha.
Is Aliyha a girl's or a boy's name?
Aliyha is a girls' name.
How popular is Aliyha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Aliyha in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aliyha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
Nicknames for Aliyha
- Liyah 6 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Aliyha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Zahara, Amira, Safiya, Zahira, Salma, Abeeha, Rahma, Samira, Hafsa, Hiba
Names related to Aliyha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Aliyha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aliyha, updated 20 October 2026.