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Aaliyah
Rank in 2024
#93
Born in 2024
2,703
Peak year
2012 · #36
Origin
Arabic
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,703 girls were named Aaliyah, about 1 in every 597.
- It peaked in 2012 with 5,522 babies, ranked #36.
- It first shows up in the records in 1976.
- 107,314 girls have been named Aaliyah since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Aaliyah per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 1.9Gen Z1997–12
- 2.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 181 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,783 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Z: 55,926 babies, 1.92 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 47,424 babies, 2.33 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Popularized by American singer Aaliyah Haughton (1979–2001). Transliteration of Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya).
- A female given name from Arabic.
- Origin
- Arabic
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Aaliyah, CC BY-SA 4.0.