Alya
Girl · AL-ya · Arabic
Alya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 607th for girls in the UK (70 babies) and 1,334th for girls in the US (167 babies).
What does Alya mean?
Arabic: also a Russian pet form of names such as Alexandra
“high, exalted”
- Say it
- AL-ya
Is Alya a girl's or a boy's name?
Alya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 70 girls in the UK and 167 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 70about 1 in 4,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 70 girls in the UK were named Alya, making it the 607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 745th.
2025 had the most girls named Alya of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Alya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 568th in England and Wales.
Alya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #607 |
| 2024 | 49 | #822 |
| 2023 | 52 | #747 |
| 2022 | 40 | #936 |
| 2021 | 67 | #625 |
| 2020 | 54 | #745 |
| 2019 | 35 | #1,058 |
| 2018 | 39 | #995 |
| 2017 | 45 | #916 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 25 | #1,377 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Alya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,334among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 167about 1 in 9,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 167 girls in the US were named Alya, making it the 1,334th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,474th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 190 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Alya in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 175 girls in the US were given Alya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,159, up from #1,334 for this spelling alone.
- Alya 167
- Aalyah 8
Alya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167 | #1,334 |
| 2024 | 181 | #1,279 |
| 2023 | 162 | #1,387 |
| 2022 | 144 | #1,506 |
| 2021 | 190 | #1,236 |
| 2020 | 145 | #1,474 |
| 2019 | 113 | #1,802 |
| 2018 | 82 | #2,238 |
| 2017 | 83 | #2,257 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 61 | #2,846 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,597 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,313 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,349 |
| 2010 | 55 | #3,043 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,448 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Alya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Alya
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