Aliyah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Aliyah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Aliyah: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #174 in 2004, and it stood at #608 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
64times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#174highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#466
1997	#396
1998	#401
1999	#294
2000	#267
2001	#262
2002	#215
2003	#216
2004	#174
2005	#226
2006	#244
2007	#238
2008	#239
2009	#212
2010	#244
2011	#267
2012	#297
2013	#315
2014	#280
2015	#300
2016	#280
2017	#311
2018	#291
2019	#298
2020	#327
2021	#339
2022	#330
2023	#306
2024	#280

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #280 among girls in England and Wales, #315 among girls in Scotland, #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #466 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #174 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Aliyah appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 4,805 births with the name.

Aliyah across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Aliyah's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#466 (1996)	#174 (2004)	#280 (2024)	29 of 29	4,805 (1996–2024)	284 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#443 (2002)	#221 (2005)	#608 (2025)	23 of 24	188 (2002–2025)	18 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#301 (2007)	#246 (2011)	#418 (2022)	11 of 16	54 (2007–2022)	7 (2011)

Aliyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Aliyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	339	4 of 10	85
2000sbusiest	2,067	10 of 10	207
2010s	1,687	10 of 10	169
2020s	712	5 of 10	142

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 207 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births fell by 75, from 284 to 209.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Aliyah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #174 in England and Wales in 2004.

Aliyah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#280	160	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#306	142	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#330	130	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#339	140	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#327	140	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#298	162	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#291	164	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#311	157	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#280	178	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#300	159	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#280	171	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#315	149	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#297	161	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#267	182	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#244	204	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#212	242	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#239	207	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#238	216	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#244	194	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#226	209	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#174	284	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#216	216	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#215	200	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#262	149	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#267	150	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#294	120	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#401	78	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#396	80	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#466	61	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#313	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#306	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#246	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	14	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	18	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#315	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #174, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 284 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Aliyaan · #1984, 18y
Aliyan · #1692, 19y
Aliyana · #1863, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Clementine · #175, 30y
Dakota · #175, 30y
Lilia · #175, 30y
Halle · #176, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Clementine · #175, 30y
Codie · #173, 30y
Dakota · #175, 30y
Lilia · #175, 30y

Aliyah was ranked #174 in England and Wales · Girls in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aliyah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Aliyah without appearing here.

Aliyah moved ahead of

Cameron Compare
In 2004 they stood at #490 and #490 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #221 and #689.
Pamela Compare
In 2004 they stood at #576 and #476 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #221 and #689.
Diane Compare
In 2011 they stood at #663 and #663 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #354 and #768.
Shania Compare
In 2015 they stood at #494 and #494 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #515 and #868.

Moved ahead of Aliyah

Maja Compare
In 2023 they stood at #445 and #495 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #736 and #243.
Maddison Compare
In 2008 they stood at #403 and #430 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #641 and #379.
Elise Compare
In 2021 they stood at #266 and #350 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #418 and #201.
Camilla Compare
In 2023 they stood at #420 and #458 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #736 and #556.

Moved the opposite way to Aliyah

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aliyah went from #174 to #280 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Aurora Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aliyah went from #403 to #608 while Aurora went from #750 to #76.
Riley Compare
Between 2008 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aliyah went from #403 to #608 while Riley went from #665 to #266.
Martine Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Aliyah went from #466 to #267 while Martine went from #2350 to #4764.

Moved the same way as Aliyah

Danielle Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aliyah went from #443 to #736 and Danielle from #66 to #504.
Donna Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aliyah went from #443 to #736 and Donna from #331 to #736.
Katrina Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aliyah went from #443 to #736 and Katrina from #512 to #898.
Kim Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Aliyah went from #443 to #736 and Kim from #148 to #736.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #174 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aliyah

Aliyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aliyah across 3 official records

Aliyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Aliyah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Aliyah

Aliyah and the names beside it

Aliyah moved ahead of

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Aliyah at a glance

Aliyah across 3 official records

Aliyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Aliyah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Aliyah

Aliyah and the names beside it

Aliyah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aliyah

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