Alliyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Alliyah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Alliyah mean?
Hebrew
A female given name from Hebrew borrowed from Arabic; a variant of the name Aliyah or Aaliyah.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Alliyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Alliyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alliyah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alliyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Alliyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Alliyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Alliyah, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 173 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Alliyah in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,461 girls in the US were given Alliyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #60, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
Alliyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 49 | #3,280 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,736 |
| 2014 | 72 | #2,497 |
| 2013 | 87 | #2,152 |
| 2012 | 117 | #1,760 |
| 2011 | 111 | #1,817 |
| 2010 | 114 | #1,794 |
| 2009 | 131 | #1,695 |
| 2008 | 138 | #1,635 |
| 2007 | 109 | #1,894 |
| 2006 | 117 | #1,771 |
| 2005 | 117 | #1,689 |
| 2004 | 154 | #1,362 |
| 2003 | 137 | #1,438 |
| 2002 | 173 | #1,184 |
| 2001 | 156 | #1,256 |
| 2000 | 141 | #1,333 |
| 1999 | 152 | #1,236 |
| 1998 | 138 | #1,293 |
| 1997 | 153 | #1,185 |
| 1996 | 120 | #1,387 |
| 1995 | 147 | #1,166 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,603 |
Names like Alliyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Ayah Sumayyah Safa Zainab Taliyah Aafiyah Aaminah Aasiyah Ruqayyah Azariyah Hadassah
Other spellings of Alliyah
Names related to Alliyah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Alliyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alliyah, updated 20 October 2026.