Aliya Girl
How popular is Aliya?
#823 girl name in 2025
330 baby girls were named Aliya in the US in 2025, making it the 823rd most popular girl name.
Aliya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #823 for girls (▲ 33 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 330 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+13% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #928 in 2015, #863 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (483 girls) |
| Highest rank | #598 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1971 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aliya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aaliyah family of names ranked #69 for girls in 2025 (#60 the year before), with 4,207 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aaliyah | 2,607 | 62% |
| Aliyah | 1,188 | 28% |
| Aliya | 330 | 8% |
| Aaliya | 45 | 1% |
| Alliyah | 18 | 0% |
| Alyiah | 6 | 0% |
| Ahliyah | 6 | 0% |
| Alyia | 7 | 0% |
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 Aliya is most popular
Babies named Aliya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Aliya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 257 | #2,112 |
| 1980s | 391 | #2,119 |
| 1990s | 1,151 | #958 |
| 2000s | 3,764 | #655 |
| 2010s | 3,550 | #598 |
| 2020s | 1,962 | #783 |
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Questions
- Is Aliya a boy or girl name?
- Aliya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aliya were girls.
- How popular is the name Aliya?
- 330 baby girls were named Aliya in the US in 2025, making it the 823rd most popular girl name.
- When was Aliya most popular?
- Aliya peaked in 2012, when 483 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #598 in 2012.
- How many people are named Aliya?
- 11,075 babies have been named Aliya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,972 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Aliya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aliya was most common in Minnesota, at 0.6 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.