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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Alya

Gender

Female

Origin

Arabic
sublime

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Alya

Pronunciation

a-lya, al-ya

More about the name

Alya is a female name that originates from Ancient Greek, Slavonic, Hebrew, and Arabic.
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Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #1236, 190 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1334, 167 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025167
2024180
2023162
2022144
2021190
2020145
2019113
201882
201783
201669

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 2025 (rank #568, 70 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202570
202443
202350
202238
202164
202051
201932
201835
201743
201631

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

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #3272, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #42, 1,146 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202361,146
2022–1,073
202131,027
2020–897
2019–714
2018–677
2017–668
2016–576
2015–457
2014–385

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 2018 (rank #614, 5 births); most recent 2023 (rank #706, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
20234
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
20185
2017–
20163

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 2024 (rank #476, 6 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
20246
2023–
2022–
20213
20203
20193
20184
2017–
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