Alia Girl
How popular is Alia?
#587 girl name in 2025
499 baby girls were named Alia in the US in 2025, making it the 587th most popular girl name.
Alia popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #587 for girls (▼ 27 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 499 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+6% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #612 in 2015, #577 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (555 girls) |
| Highest rank | #550 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alia family of names ranked #336 for girls in 2025 (#315 the year before), with 976 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alia | 499 | 51% |
| Aliah | 193 | 20% |
| Alya | 167 | 17% |
| Alyah | 58 | 6% |
| Aalia | 19 | 2% |
| Aaliah | 9 | 1% |
| Aalyah | 8 | 1% |
| Alliah | 7 | 1% |
| Allia | 5 | 1% |
| Ahlia | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alia is most popular
Babies named Alia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 0.8 per 1,000 (9 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.6 per 1,000 (116 girls)
- New York: 0.6 per 1,000 (238 girls)
- California: 0.6 per 1,000 (490 girls)
- Nevada: 0.6 per 1,000 (26 girls)
Alia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #3,550 |
| 1920s | 22 | #3,399 |
| 1960s | 46 | #4,417 |
| 1970s | 587 | #1,170 |
| 1980s | 1,202 | #1,023 |
| 1990s | 1,864 | #853 |
| 2000s | 2,898 | #730 |
| 2010s | 4,280 | #550 |
| 2020s | 3,112 | #556 |
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Questions
- Is Alia a boy or girl name?
- Alia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alia were girls.
- How popular is the name Alia?
- 499 baby girls were named Alia in the US in 2025, making it the 587th most popular girl name.
- When was Alia most popular?
- Alia peaked in 2019, when 555 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #550 in 2019.
- How many people are named Alia?
- 14,028 babies have been named Alia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,835 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Alia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alia was most common in Hawaii, at 0.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.