Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Aliya

Gender

Female

Origin

Hebrew
High exalted

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Aliya

Pronunciation

a-li-ya

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #599, 482 births); most recent 2025 (rank #823, 330 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025330
2024316
2023308
2022332
2021362
2020312
2019304
2018293
2017287
2016332

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2006 (rank #398, 105 births); most recent 2025 (rank #502, 80 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202580
202469
202363
202272
202180
202077
201981
2018103
2017100
201679

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #132, 499 births); most recent 2023 (rank #159, 391 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023391
2022376
2021420
2020412
2019405
2018450
2017499
2016447
2015367
2014384

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #453, 8 births); most recent 2025 (rank #528, 6 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20256
20246
20234
20228
20216
20203
20196
20186
20176
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2013 (rank #413, 8 births); most recent 2025 (rank #429, 7 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20257
20246
20233
20226
20213
20204
2019–
20184
20175
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #439, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2011 (rank #197, 18 births); most recent 2023 (rank #321, 10 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
202310
202215
20216
202010
20197
201813
201713
20168
201513
201412

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence