Alliyah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Alliyah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #635 in 2006, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#635highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#1176
1998	#1823
1999	#2444
2000	#1475
2001	#1305
2002	#1192
2003	#1383
2004	#1209
2005	#1690
2006	#2509
2007	#2233
2008	#2022
2009	#2148
2010	#4688
2011	#2025
2012	#2338
2013	#4050
2014	#5691
2015	#4103
2017	#4063
2018	#5666
2020	#5493
2024	#5891

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2006: #635 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2509 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Alliyah 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 Alliyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	35	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	132	10 of 10	13
2010s	49	8 of 10	6
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Alliyah 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #635 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Alliyah'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1209	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1383	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1192	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1305	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1176	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #635, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 10 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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Allyson · #401, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Ifeoma · #635, 22y
Nikol · #635, 21y
Zunairah · #635, 21y
Habiba · #634, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aniela · #635, 26y
Anu · #635, 11y
Ifeoma · #635, 22y
Ketsia · #635, 17y

Alliyah was ranked #635 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2006. 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.

Alliyah 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 Alliyah without appearing here.

Alliyah moved ahead of

Fionn Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2444 and #2444 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1305 and #3262.
Rian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5691 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #5730.
Martine Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2509 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2233 and #3218.
Gail Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3126 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1176 and #1958.

Moved ahead of Alliyah

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Tove Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4063 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Cecilie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.
Selma Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2338 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #1707.

Moved the opposite way to Alliyah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alliyah went from #3126 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alliyah went from #3126 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alliyah went from #3126 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alliyah went from #3126 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Alliyah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alliyah went from #3126 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alliyah went from #3126 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alliyah went from #3126 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alliyah went from #3126 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #635 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alliyah

Alliyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alliyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Alliyah at a glance

Alliyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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