Aaliyah

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Aaliyah

American R&B singer (1979–2001)

Choose Aaliyah and your child shares a first name with Aaliyah, an American R&B singer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Aaliyah, like who?” Aaliyah's Wikipedia article is available in 76 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 617 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Aaliyah, 2,607 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Aaliyah would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAaliyah first shows up in US birth records in 1976, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 49 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2012, when it reached #36.
• 🍂TrendAaliyah has slipped 36 places over the last five years and now sits at #101. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedAaliyah is most popular in New Mexico, where it ranks #37, followed by Delaware (#46) and Nevada (#49). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningIn Arabic, Aaliyah means “exalted”.
• 🌍OriginAaliyah is the #4 most popular Arabic girl name in the US. That's out of 214 Arabic girl and unisex names in our list.

About the name Aaliyah

Aaliyah is a girl name of Arabic origin meaning “exalted”. It has 7 letters and 3 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-yah”. US birth records list Aaliyah for girls from 1976 to 2025, in 50 of those 50 years. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked #36 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #101, with 2,607 babies.

Origin:Arabic names