Aliya
given name · Hindi · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Aliya is a given name, most frequently recorded in Russia. In Kazakhstan it is the 32nd most common given name. It appears chiefly in Hindi and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: high, lofty, sublime; fem.
- KGKyrgyzstan1 in 568◐
- KZKazakhstan1 in 1.3K
- RURussia1 in 2.5K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈104K ●
- 3 ●
- Sources
- 285 ●
- 1 in 1.0K ◐
across 9 countries
recorded for this name
465K records
Official registry-verified
Slovenia
Spellings & scripts●
10 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Alya in TR Türkiye, MY Malaysia, SY Syria and 4 more, Алия in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 3 more, Aleya in ES Spain, BD Bangladesh and Алія in UA Ukraine.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
high, lofty, sublime; fem. of Ali. See Ali (m.). Comp. Alyaa -lilc, sky. Al-‘Aliyya b. Ayfa’: a sahaabia
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #137 | 417,301 | 160K rec. | — | #94 | Алия | 147 |
| IN India | — | 138,221 | 57K rec. | — | 43 | Aliya | 92 |
| TR Türkiye | #919 | 76,441 | 57K rec. | — | 8.7K | Alya | 35 |
| US United States | — | 69,113△ | 25K rec. | 1 in 4.8K | 69K | Aliya | 285 |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | #51 | 41,794 | 3.4K rec. | — | 1.4K | Алия | 24 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | #32 | 15,148 | 120K rec. | 1 in 1.3K | 15K | Алия | 64 |
| FR France | — | 11,465△ | 15 rec. | 1 in 5.9K | 11K | — | 4 |
| PK Pakistan | #419 | 10,982 | 699 rec. | — | listed | Aliya | 66 |
| UA Ukraine | #416 | 10,101 | 9.3K rec. | — | listed | Алія | 30 |
| MY Malaysia | #569 | 8,833 | 8.8K rec. | — | 3 | Alya | 38 |
| SY Syria | #860 | 4,541 | 4.8K rec. | — | — | Alya | 7 |
| CA Canada | — | 3,943 | 999 rec. | — | 27 | Aliya | 88 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Hindi39K20%
- English36K19%
- French31K16%
- Urdu11K6%
- Indonesian8.1K4%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | 38,757 | 20% |
| English | 35,787 | 19% |
| French | 30,538 | 16% |
| Urdu | 11,176 | 6% |
| Indonesian | 8,082 | 4% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Aliya is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, high, lofty, exalted; feminine of Aali
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
Exalted.
as a nameThe African book of names
In Arabic, highest social standing, lofty, sublime; feminine of Ali
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1924 | 1 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1927 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 2 |
| 1930 | 3 |
| 1931 | 2 |
| 1932 | 3 |
| 1933 | 1 |
| 1934 | 1 |
| 1935 | 1 |
| 1936 | 3 |
| 1937 | 2 |
| 1938 | 1 |
| 1939 | 2 |
| 1940 | 4 |
| 1941 | 3 |
| 1942 | 5 |
| 1943 | 3 |
| 1944 | 5 |
| 1945 | 5 |
| 1946 | 6 |
| 1947 | 4 |
| 1948 | 9 |
| 1949 | 6 |
| 1950 | 12 |
| 1951 | 11 |
| 1952 | 5 |
| 1953 | 7 |
| 1954 | 8 |
| 1955 | 8 |
| 1956 | 15 |
| 1957 | 8 |
| 1958 | 10 |
| 1959 | 10 |
| 1960 | 11 |
| 1961 | 8 |
| 1962 | 11 |
| 1963 | 18 |
| 1964 | 10 |
| 1965 | 20 |
| 1966 | 15 |
| 1967 | 14 |
| 1968 | 12 |
| 1969 | 20 |
| 1970 | 21 |
| 1971 | 21 |
| 1972 | 23 |
| 1973 | 27 |
| 1974 | 18 |
| 1975 | 24 |
| 1976 | 21 |
| 1977 | 16 |
| 1978 | 36 |
| 1979 | 22 |
| 1980 | 32 |
| 1981 | 43 |
| 1982 | 43 |
| 1983 | 28 |
| 1984 | 29 |
| 1985 | 36 |
| 1986 | 40 |
| 1987 | 47 |
| 1988 | 39 |
| 1989 | 44 |
| 1990 | 43 |
| 1991 | 48 |
| 1992 | 46 |
| 1993 | 59 |
| 1994 | 45 |
| 1995 | 28 |
| 1996 | 23 |
| 1997 | 22 |
| 1998 | 9 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 5 |
IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 83 years between 1922–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Aliya Moldagulovab. 1925KZSoviet Kazakh sniper and Heroine of the Soviet Union (1925–1944)
- Queen Alia of Jordanb. 1948JOnot in their usual nameQueen Consort of Jordan (1972-1977)
- Alia Janineb. 1978USnot in their usual namecomedian and pornographic performer (b. 1978)
- Aliya Nazarbayevab. 1980KZKazakh businesswoman
- Isis Loveb. 1980USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress
- Alia Atkinsonb. 1988JMnot in their usual nameJamaican swimmer
- Alia Shawkatb. 1989USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Alia Saburb. 1989USnot in their usual nameAmerican mathematician
- Alia Bhattb. 1993GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress
- Aliya Mustafinab. 1994RURussian gymnast
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 74 sources across 47 countries.
Reference works 2
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 505 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Aliya?
- We estimate roughly 104 thousand people bear Aliya (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
- In which country does Aliya have the most bearers?
- Aliya is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled алия.
- How common is Aliya compared with other names?
- In Russia, Aliya is the 137th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.
- Is Aliya a male or female name?
- Aliya is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Aliya mean?
- Recorded meaning: high, lofty, sublime; fem.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aliya” — the 137th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.