Alliya
Girl · a-LEE-a · Arabic
Alliya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Alliya mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aaliyah, itself a spelling of Aliya
“high, exalted”
Made widely known in the English-speaking world by the American singer Aaliyah (1979-2001).
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- a-LEE-a
Meaning borrowed from Aaliyah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Alliya a girl's or a boy's name?
Alliya is a girls' name.
How popular is Alliya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Alliya in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alliya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
Names like Alliya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Aliya Safiya Aaliya Amira Safa Zahara Amiya Salma Samira Zaniya Zainab
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