Alliyah
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning ascension; a form of Aliyah.
Alliyah by the numbers
Alliyah was given to 41 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 173 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Aliyah
Like Alliyah, each of these traces back to Aliyah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Alayahexalted or ascent; a form of Aliyah109 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliahexalted or ascent; a respelling of Aliyah226 in the US (2017)
- Aliyanaexalted; a modern spelling of Aliyah182 in the US (2017)
- Alyanaexalted; a modern spelling of Aliyah83 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aleyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah96 in the US (2017)
- Aaleyahascending, going up; a form of Aliyah95 in the US (2017)
- Aliyannaexalted; noble; a form of Aliyah43 in the US (2017)
- Aleeyaascension; a form of Aliyah41 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alliyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Aliyahexalted or ascent1,897 in the US (2017)
- Alaiyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aleiyahascended; a modern respelling of Aliyah29 in the US (2017)
- Ahliyahexalted, sublime; a form of Aaliyah9 in the US (2017)
- Alliyaexalted; a form of Aliyah5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Alliyah
Names that are said the same way as Alliyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Aliyaexalted, sublime80 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aaliyasublime or exalted; a form of Aliyah34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aaleiyahascending; a form of aliyah6 in the US (2017)
- Aeliaof the sun; feminine form of aelius4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alaiya42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alayiah27 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Alliyah
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