Aliyyah
Aliya, Aaliyah, Alia or Aliyah is an Arabic feminine given name. It is the feminine of the name Ali, meaning "high", "exalted", "sublime", "rising" or "ascending".
Meaning & Origin of Aliyyah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aliya, Aaliyah, Alia or Aliyah is an Arabic feminine given name. It is the feminine of the name Ali, meaning "high", "exalted", "sublime", "rising" or "ascending".
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The Story of Aliyyah
Aliyyah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1987, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1997, when 18 Aliyyahs were born — ranking #5,417 that year. As of 2026, Aliyyah ranks #15,082 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 234 Aliyyahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Aliyyah
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- Aliyah bint al-Mansur , was the daughter of Abbasid caliph al-Mansur from his spouse Aliyah al-Umayyah.
- Aliya bint Ali (1911–1950), Queen of Iraq
- Aliyah bint al-Mahdi , was the daughter of Abbasid caliph Al-Mahdi (r. 775–785) from his concubine Bahtariyah.
- Aliya (actress) (born 1992), Chinese actress
- Aliya LeeKong (born 1978), American chef, television personality, and author
- Aliya Moldagulova (1925–1944), Soviet and Kazakh sniper
- Aliya Mustafina (born 1994), Russian artistic gymnast
- Aliya Yussupova (born 1984), Kazakh rhythmic gymnast
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About the name Aliyyah
Aliyyah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 234 births in the dataset. Aliyyah's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #5,417. Use the chart and map above to compare Aliyyah'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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