Aliyah

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Aliyah is a female given name with origins in Hebrew and Arabic.

From Wikipedia

Aliyah first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 284 babies (rank #174 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Aliyah

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Aliyah yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

3,610

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

284

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	61	#466
1997	80	#397
1998	78	#401
1999	120	#294
2000	150	#267
2001	149	#262
2002	200	#215
2003	216	#216
2004	284	#174
2005	209	#226
2006	194	#244
2007	216	#238
2008	207	#239
2009	242	#212
2010	204	#244
2011	182	#267
2012	161	#297
2013	149	#315
2014	171	#280
2015	159	#300
2016	178	#280