NameTides

Aliya

Aliya was the #823 girls' name in the US in 2025 (330 babies), and #502 in England & Wales and #433 in Canada.

Aliya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Aliya 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Aliya 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#823 (330)#502 (80)#429 (7)—#544 (6)#433 (72)
2024#856 (316)#565 (69)#476 (6)—#556 (6)#339 (89)
2023#862 (310)#600 (63)#749 (3)—#727 (4)#348 (85)
2022#843 (332)#541 (72)#470 (6)—#458 (8)#398 (76)
2021#783 (362)#513 (80)#792 (3)—#586 (6)#424 (73)
2020#863 (312)#521 (77)#636 (4)—#834 (3)#392 (80)
2019#886 (304)#506 (81)——#551 (6)#423 (77)
2018#915 (293)#426 (103)#680 (4)—#568 (6)#371 (89)
2017#923 (287)#439 (100)#570 (5)—#579 (6)#427 (77)
2016#852 (332)#537 (79)#798 (3)—#585 (6)#441 (77)
2015#928 (293)#525 (82)#806 (3)—#660 (5)#347 (98)
2014#866 (318)#547 (77)#802 (3)#439 (3)#876 (3)#409 (81)
2013#760 (358)#519 (80)#413 (8)—#587 (6)#410 (79)
2012#598 (483)#483 (91)—#451 (3)—#361 (89)
2011#657 (432)#575 (70)#810 (3)——#343 (95)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #598.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,900 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 4,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Aliya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,700 to 1 in 5,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aliya 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: #328MNIllinois: #436ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #403NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #414PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #731CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #541VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #546AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,057NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,268TXFlorida: #959FL
Aliya (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
Ontario2024#25449
Quebec2025#26621

Aliya (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
AliyaCanadaGirls#43372
AliyaEngland & WalesGirls#50280
AliyaIrelandGirls#5446
AliyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AliyaScotlandGirls#4297
AliyaUSGirls#823330