Aliya

“High, exalted, sublime, ascending” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #823 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Aliya reached its best rank, #598, in 2012 and ranked #823 in 2025. Roughly 11,000 girls have been named Aliya since 1971. Together with its spelling variants Aaliyah (#101), Aliyah (#263), and Alia (#587), Aliya 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 770 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 800 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 840 girls in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 23 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Aliyas

Aliya Moldagulova — Soviet Kazakh sniper and Heroine of the Soviet Union (1925–1944)
Aliya Mustafina — Russian gymnast
Aliya bint Ali — Queen consort of Iraq (1911-1950)
Aliya Nazarbayeva — Kazakh businesswoman
Aliya Garayeva — Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast

In stories & tradition

Aliya Mahvash — Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

What Aliyas become

Among 78 notable people named Aliya:

Entertainers appear 1.82× more often than among typical names — e.g. Aliyə Terequlova, Azerbaijani actor (1913-1968).

Similar names: Aleia · Kaya · Aleah · Dalia · Amani · Aleigha

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