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How popular is the name Aliya?
Births per year, rank history and how many Aliyas are alive today.
Aliya (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Aliyah in England and Wales, ranked 502nd in 2025 with 80 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2006, when 105 babies were given the name, the 398th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2018, with 103 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 600 in 2023 before climbing back to the 502nd place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Aliyah you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Aliyahs born in England and Wales are between 10 and 24, and there are at least 8,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Aliyah.
How many babies are named Aliya each year?
Includes all spellings: Aliya, Aleah, Aliyah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Aliya spelling rank?
Where does the Aleah spelling rank?
Where does the Aliyah spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Aliya most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Aliyah, peaked in 2004, when 392 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Aliya spelling itself peaked in 2006, with 105 babies.
How many people are called Aliya?
At least 8,600 people named Aliya in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Aliya?
Most living Aliyas are between 10 and 24; the most common age is about 21.
Is Aliya becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.