Alyza
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LEE-za
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,354 for girls
Alyza is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “joyful, cheerful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 2,354th for girls in the US (77 babies).
What does Alyza mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Aliza; also used as a form of Eliza
“joyful, cheerful”
Is Alyza a girl's or a boy's name?
Alyza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 77 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alyza in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,368among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 138% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Alyza, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 32 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alyza in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 148 girls in the UK were given Alyza or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #340, up from #1,368 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Alyza in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,208 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,451 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,138 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Alyza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,354among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 77 girls in the US were named Alyza, making it the 2,354th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,277th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 92 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had more girls named Alyza than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Alyza in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 636 girls in the US were given Alyza or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #497, up from #2,354 for this spelling alone.
Alyza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #2,354 |
| 2024 | 72 | #2,491 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,555 |
| 2022 | 72 | #2,490 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,848 |
| 2020 | 78 | #2,277 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,428 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,676 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,925 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,594 |
| 2015 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,886 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,075 |
| 2012 | 61 | #2,831 |
| 2011 | 62 | #2,795 |
| 2010 | 72 | #2,538 |
| 2009 | 69 | #2,642 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,718 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,568 |
| 2006 | 75 | #2,459 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 92 | #1,997 |
| 2003 | 64 | #2,519 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,850 |
| 2001 | 45 | #3,087 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Names like Alyza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Amira Aaliyah Ayla Abeeha Hafsa Khadija Ayra Ayah Hiba Hawa Amaya
Other spellings of Alyza
Names related to Alyza
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, “Alyza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alyza, updated 20 October 2026.