Aaliyah

Where Aaliyah comes from

Popularized by American singer Aaliyah Haughton (1979–2001). Transliteration of Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya).
— Wiktionary's entry for Aaliyah
  • Arabic
Aaliyah through the years
  1. 1976
    First appearance
    #3,678 among girls with 18 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Aaliyah born
    American R&B singer
  3. 1994
    Around this time: Age Ain't Nothing but a Number by Aaliyah
    Album, 1994 · Source
  4. 1995
    Aaliyah Brown born
    American athlete
  5. 2012
    Peak, #36
    5,523 babies named Aaliyah, the most in any year.
  6. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #95.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Aaliyah · American R&B singer, 1979–2001
  • Aaliyah Brown · American athlete, born 1995
  • Aaliyah Butler · American athlete, born 2003
  • Aaliyah Love · American pornographic actress, born 1981
  • Aaliyah Edwards · Canadian basketball player, born 2002

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.