Alia

“High, exalted” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #587 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Alia reached its best rank, #550, in 2019 and ranked #587 in 2025. About 14,000 girls have carried it since 1915. Together with its spelling variants Aaliyah (#101), Aliyah (#263), and Aliya (#823), Alia 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: about 1 in 1,100 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 1,200 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 1,300 girls in Belgium (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 31 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Alias

Alia Bhatt — British actress
Alia Shawkat — American actress
Alia Sabur — American mathematician
Alia Atkinson — Jamaican swimmer
Alia Guagni — Italian association football player

In stories & tradition

Alia Atreides — Dune · Dune: Part Two

What Alias become

Among 134 notable people named Alia:

Sports figures appear 1.33× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alia Atkinson, Jamaican swimmer.

Similar names: Aliya · Elle · Aleah · Malia · Amirah · Nia

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