NameTides

Aliyah

Aliyah was the #263 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,188 babies), and #345 in England & Wales and #225 in Canada.

Aliyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Aliyah 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandEngland & WalesIreland
Aliyah 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.00.511.521880192019602000
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#263 (1,188)#345 (125)#284 (12)—#608 (5)#225 (135)
2024#237 (1,314)#280 (160)#315 (11)—#736 (4)#199 (147)
2023#220 (1,352)#306 (142)#281 (13)—#445 (8)#201 (139)
2022#233 (1,308)#330 (130)#358 (9)#418 (3)#420 (9)#216 (132)
2021#208 (1,441)#339 (140)#363 (9)#266 (6)#430 (9)#233 (134)
2020#188 (1,532)#327 (140)#429 (7)#397 (3)#444 (8)#190 (150)
2019#173 (1,678)#298 (162)#376 (9)—#296 (15)#182 (154)
2018#161 (1,777)#291 (164)#301 (12)#313 (5)#474 (8)#216 (141)
2017#154 (1,915)#311 (157)#347 (10)#296 (5)—#178 (169)
2016#155 (2,008)#280 (178)#262 (16)#306 (5)#515 (7)#199 (156)
2015#164 (1,974)#300 (159)#281 (14)—#494 (8)#199 (160)
2014#167 (1,971)#280 (171)#395 (9)#439 (3)#494 (8)#180 (184)
2013#148 (2,115)#315 (149)#344 (11)#284 (6)#424 (10)#173 (187)
2012#140 (2,265)#297 (161)#580 (5)—#354 (14)#165 (197)
2011#133 (2,301)#267 (182)#430 (8)#246 (7)#510 (8)#169 (191)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #133.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Aliyah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aliyah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #207WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #241MNIllinois: #294ILMichigan: #374MINew York: #282NYMassachusetts: #284MAOregon: #320ORNevada: #133NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #437IAIndiana: #234INOhio: #258OHPennsylvania: #288PANew Jersey: #263NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #179CAUtah: #361UTColorado: #497CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #289MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #272VAMaryland: #201MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #172AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: #256KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #432TNNorth Carolina: #442NCSouth Carolina: #440SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #340OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #297ALGeorgia: #257GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #200TXFlorida: #179FL
Aliyah (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#19729
Ontario2024#21456

Aliyah (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
AliyahCanadaGirls#225135
AliyahEngland & WalesGirls#345125
AliyahIrelandGirls#6085
AliyahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AliyahScotlandGirls#28412
AliyahUSGirls#2631,188
AliyahUSBoys—too few