girls' name ★ peaked 2019

Alia

Meaning Borrowed from Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya) Gender Girl Rank 2025 #587 Trend → Stable

Borrowed from Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya).

Rank 2025
#587
among girls · ↓27 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
499
named Alia · -8% vs 2024
How common
1 in 3,221
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2019
555 babies
All-time total
14,028
#1,349 all-time among girls
First recorded
1915
in Social Security records

Alia popularity over time

14,028 babies have been named Alia since 1915, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.10.20.30.418801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2023Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s 17 2 – #3,561
1920s 22 2 +29% #3,406
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s 46 5 – #4,425
1970s 587 59 +1176% #1,170
1980s 1,202 120 +105% #1,024
1990s 1,864 186 +55% #854
2000s 2,898 290 +55% #730
2010s 4,280 428 +48% #550
2020s (to 2025) 3,112 519 +21% #556

Where Alia is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 506 0.31 outside top 500
2027 512 0.32 outside top 500
2028 518 0.32 outside top 500
2029 522 0.32 outside top 500
2030 526 0.33 outside top 500

Where Alia is most popular

Girls named Alia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.321 per 1,000. Strongest in Hawaii, New Jersey, and New York.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Alia born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Hawaii 9 0.785 +145%
New Jersey 116 0.643 +100%
New York 238 0.601 +87%
California 490 0.583 +82%
Nevada 26 0.560 +75%
Arizona 76 0.542 +69%
Texas 393 0.489 +52%
Florida 192 0.449 +40%
Massachusetts 53 0.438 +37%
Illinois 100 0.437 +36%
Connecticut 23 0.395 +23%
Colorado 38 0.340 +6%
Virginia 57 0.334 ≈ national
Utah 27 0.324 ≈ national
Michigan 58 0.318 ≈ national
Minnesota 33 0.306 -5%
Washington 44 0.305 -5%
Pennsylvania 70 0.296 -8%
North Carolina 65 0.285 -11%
Kansas 16 0.277 -14%
Indiana 35 0.249 -22%
Georgia 54 0.238 -26%
Maryland 24 0.226 -29%
Ohio 48 0.202 -37%
Iowa 10 0.171 -47%
Oregon 10 0.154 -52%
Tennessee 24 0.151 -53%
Kentucky 11 0.129 -60%
South Carolina 11 0.122 -62%
Louisiana 9 0.103 -68%
Wisconsin 10 0.097 -70%
Oklahoma 5 0.068 -79%
Alabama 5 0.053 -83%
Missouri 5 0.041 -87%
Alaska – – –
Arkansas – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Idaho – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Alia

Alia is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #587 in 2025 with 499 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1915, 14,028 American babies have been named Alia. Its peak came in 2019, when 555 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Alia stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Alia?

The median living Alia is about 14 years old; half are between 6 and 26. An estimated 14 thousand people named Alia are alive in the United States today.

median 14 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Alia year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 499 #587
2024 542 #560
2023 545 #556
2022 511 #585
2021 505 #594
2020 510 #577
2019 555 #550
2018 450 #655
2017 461 #639
2016 450 #651
2015 472 #612
2014 384 #729
2013 381 #724
2012 363 #764
2011 380 #727
2010 384 #729
2009 368 #771
2008 294 #929
2007 264 #1,001
2006 287 #922
2005 252 #970
2004 300 #828
2003 275 #878
2002 269 #856
2001 271 #843
2000 318 #730
1995 208 #908
1990 153 #1,131
1985 147 #1,024
1980 109 #1,206
1975 61 #1,604
1970 15 #3,875
1965 5 #6,550
1960 5 #6,396
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 5 #4,293
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Alia

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Alia Bhatt Alia Bhatt British-Indian actress (born 1993) Contemporary
  2. 2 Alia Shawkat Alia Shawkat American actress (born 1989) Contemporary
  3. 3 Alia Sabur American materials scientist, attorney, and patent examiner b. 1989 · Contemporary
  4. 4 Alia Atkinson Alia Atkinson Jamaican swimmer (born 1988) Contemporary
  5. 5 Alia Al-Hussein Alia Al-Hussein Queen of Jordan from 1972 to 1977 1948–1977 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Alia, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Alia?

The median living Alia is about 14 years old. Half of all living Alias are between 6 and 26 years old.

How many people named Alia are alive today?

An estimated 14 thousand people named Alia are alive in the United States, based on 14,028 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Alia mean?

Borrowed from Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya).

How popular is the name Alia in 2025?

Alia ranked #587 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 499 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Alia?

14,028 babies have been named Alia in the United States since 1915, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Alia most popular?

Alia peaked in 2019, when 555 newborns received the name.

Is Alia a boy or girl name?

Alia is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Alia rising or falling?

Alia is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Alia become more popular?

Alia looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 526 girls named Alia in 2030, ranking outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Alia?

Well-known people named Alia include Alia Bhatt (actor), Alia Shawkat (actor), Alia Sabur (engineer).

Names like Alia

Names that sound and feel close to Alia: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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