girl's name
Alia
- Origin Arabic
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 22,700
the United States
#587
2025 births
Alia is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 499 babies in the United States, ranking #587. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
- Alia is a name of Arabic origin.
- Peaked in 2019, when 555 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 6,644 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1915.
Alia over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 |
| 1920s | 22 |
| 1960s | 46 |
| 1970s | 587 |
| 1980s | 1,202 |
| 1990s | 1,864 |
| 2000s | 2,898 |
| 2010s | 4,280 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 3,112 |
How popular is Alia?
In 2025, Alia was given to 499 babies in the United States, ranking #587 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Alia is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Alia is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Alïa | Alïa is a rare spelling of Alia, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 90 times, mostly in France. | 90 |
| A'Lia | A'Lia is Alia written with an apostrophe, recorded mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Alia
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Alia also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Alia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Alia
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Alia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Alia
How popular is the name Alia?
In 2025, Alia was given to 499 babies in the United States, ranking #587 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Alia a girl's or a boy's name?
Alia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Alia most popular?
Alia peaked in 2019, when 555 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Alia a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Alia currently ranks #234 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.