NameTides

Alia

Alia was the #587 girls' name in the US in 2025 (499 babies), and #747 in England & Wales and #400 in Canada.

Alia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Alia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#587 (499)#747 (49)#429 (7)—#544 (6)#400 (77)
2024#560 (542)#483 (83)#476 (6)—#556 (6)#369 (82)
2023#556 (545)#754 (47)#630 (4)—#856 (3)#469 (62)
2022#585 (511)#706 (52)#531 (5)—#905 (3)#554 (51)
2021#594 (505)#747 (50)#792 (3)#446 (3)#661 (5)#442 (69)
2020#577 (510)#604 (64)—#397 (3)#444 (8)#466 (64)
2019#550 (555)#590 (67)#447 (7)#424 (3)#502 (7)#486 (66)
2018#655 (450)#657 (61)#376 (9)—#734 (4)#564 (55)
2017#637 (461)#565 (76)#501 (6)#355 (4)#524 (7)#529 (60)
2016#651 (450)#475 (92)#453 (7)#440 (3)#515 (7)#387 (89)
2015#612 (472)#656 (62)——#751 (4)#423 (80)
2014#729 (384)#597 (69)#477 (7)—#661 (5)#444 (74)
2013#724 (381)#569 (72)#663 (4)—#894 (3)#484 (64)
2012#764 (363)#825 (46)——#612 (6)#552 (54)
2011#727 (380)#738 (52)———#463 (68)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #556.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alia is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 3,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #436ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #367NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #487PANew Jersey: #390NJConnecticut: #268CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #413CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #497CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #484VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #386TXFlorida: #598FL
Alia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#21727
Ontario2024#37234

Alia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AliaCanadaGirls#40077
AliaEngland & WalesGirls#74749
AliaIrelandGirls#5446
AliaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AliaScotlandGirls#4297
AliaUSGirls#587499