Aliya is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “high.” In 2024 it was given to 316 girls in the United States.
Aliya belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “high” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Aliya first appears in Social Security records in 1971. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #598 in 2012, and in 2024 316 babies received the name — 10,743 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Aliya means “high” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Aliya is a girl name. In 2024, 316 babies received the name in the US.
Aliya comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Aliya first appears in US records in 1971. Its best-ever ranking was #598 in 2012, and 316 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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