Girl · Arabic
Aaliyah
Say it: ah-LEE-ah
Meaning
From Arabic ʿāliya 'high, exalted'; also coincides with Hebrew aliyah 'ascent'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Rose sharply after the singer Aaliyah's career in the 1990s and again after her death in 2001.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 94,808 babies given this name since 1976
- At its height in 2012, about 1 in 319 girls
- 3,550 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Aliyah, Aleah
| Arabic | ʿĀliya |
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Famous bearers
- Aaliyah, singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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