Aaliyah
Usage of Aaliyah in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Aaliyah against each list of names.
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Albanian
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Arabic
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Bengali
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Bulgarian
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Catalan
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Chinese
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Cornish
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Croatian
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Danish
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Dutch
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English
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Finnish
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French
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Georgian
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German
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Greek
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Hawaiian
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Hebrew
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Hungarian
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Indonesian
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Irish
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Italian
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Japanese
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Latin
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Persian
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Polish
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Portuguese
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Romanian
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Russian
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Yiddish
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Yoruba
Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Aaliyah is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Featured in baby name books
Aaliyah is an Arabic name, related to Aliya, with meanings such as “highborn,” “lofty,” or “exalted,” suggesting someone of high standing. Aaliyah means “to ascend” or “to rise,” with some tracing it to Hebrew as a form of Aliyah. The name is closely tied to the late R&B singer and actress Aaliyah, who raised its profile considerably. Aaliyah serves as a feminine counterpart to Ali, pairs well with short surnames, and has been chosen mostly by African American families.
Aaliyah in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 2,607 girls were named Aaliyah, making it the #101 girls' name in the US. Since 1976, 109,971 girls have been named Aaliyah, with the most (5,523) in 2012. It is most common, relative to births, in Delaware, New Mexico and Washington, D.C..
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Aaliyah songs
One song on Wikidata has Aaliyah in its title:
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Aaliyah
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Aaliyah.
Aaliyah
Aaliyah as a pet name
FurryName has found 24 dogs named Aaliyah in public pet registers, making it the #4,040 dog name there. Most of them are registered in New York City (15), Zurich (2), Corangamite Shire (1). Aaliyah as a dog name →
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