Aliyah

“Variant of Aaliyah — High, exalted” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #263 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Aliyah's best rank, #133, came in 2011; it has settled back to #263 today. Roughly 49,000 girls have been named Aliyah since 1971. Together with its spelling variants Aaliyah (#101), Alia (#587), and Aliya (#823), Aliyah 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 680 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 890 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 1,100 girls in New Zealand (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 45 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Aliyahs

Aliyah — Canadian professional wrestler
Aliyah Boston — American basketball player
Aliyah Khalaf Saleh — Iraqi humanitarian
Aliyah Saleem — author and secular activist
Aliyah Abrams — Guyanese sprinter

In stories & tradition

Aliyah Bishop — X-Men: The End

What Aliyahs become

Among 48 notable people named Aliyah:

Sports figures appear 2.98× more often than among typical names — e.g. Aliyah, Canadian professional wrestler.

Similar names: Aaliyah · Laila · Halle · Cali · Zuri · Alia

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