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“High, exalted” — Arabic origin
Girl's name · #101 in the US (2025) · 2010s
Aaliyah reached #36 in 2012 and has eased to #101 since. About 110,000 girls have carried it since 1976. Aaliyah rose sharply in the early 1990s as R&B singer Aaliyah emerged, helping bring the name to a wider audience. Together with its spelling variants Aliyah (#263), Alia (#587), and Aliya (#823), Aaliyah would rank around #48 with about 4,600 births last year — the newborns split about 56/26/11/7 across Aaliyah, Aliyah, Alia, and Aliya.
Around the world: #70 in New Zealand (2025) · #80 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #86 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #95 in Australia (QLD) (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 48 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 98 notable people named Aaliyah:
Sports figures appear 3.65× more often than among typical names — e.g. Aaliyah Butler, American athlete (born 2003).
Similar names: Aliyah · Layla · Halle · Rylee · Ayla · Alia
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