Aliyah
Aliyah is a female given name with origins in Hebrew and Arabic.
Meaning & Origin of Aliyah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aliyah is a female given name with origins in Hebrew and Arabic.
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The Story of Aliyah
Aliyah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1971, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2011, when 2,301 Aliyahs were born — ranking #133 that year. As of 2026, Aliyah ranks #253 for baby girls with 1,247 births, falling sharply (-22%). In total, more than 50K Aliyahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Aliyah
Aliyah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 50K births in the dataset. Aliyah's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #133. Use the chart and map above to compare Aliyah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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