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Alia

Alia: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“exalted, high”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
AH-lee-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Alia is a feminine Arabic name from the root ʿ-l-w meaning 'high' or 'exalted.' It can also occur as a spelling variant of Aaliyah or Aliya.

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How popular is Alia?

2024162 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Alia in 2024540

2024 rank#559 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 188013,526

Alia is rising: use over the last five years is 1.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Alia

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Alia questions

What does the name Alia mean?

Alia means "exalted, high". It comes from Arabic. Alia is a feminine Arabic name from the root ʿ-l-w meaning 'high' or 'exalted.' It can also occur as a spelling variant of Aaliyah or Aliya.

Is Alia a boy or girl name?

Alia is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Alia?

540 US babies were named Alia in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Alia?

Alia is usually pronounced AH-lee-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.