Alya
Alya is a female name that originates from Ancient Greek, Slavonic, Hebrew, and Arabic.
- Arabic
- Indonesian
- Malay
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Alya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alya is a female name that originates from Ancient Greek, Slavonic, Hebrew, and Arabic.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Indonesian
- Malay
- Turkish
- Russian
The Story of Alya
Alya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1973, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2021: 190 births, good for #1,236 nationwide. About 48% of every Alya on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Alya ranks #1,286 for baby girls with 177 births, rising sharply (+37% over the past five years). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Alya
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Alya. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Alya
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About the name Alya
Alya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Alya's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #1,236. Use the chart and map above to compare Alya'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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