Aliyah is a girl's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “ascent.” In 2024 it was given to 1,311 girls in the United States.
Aliyah belongs to the Biblical & Christian and Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “ascent” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Aliyah first appears in Social Security records in 1971. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #133 in 2011, and in 2024 1,311 babies received the name — 47,811 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Aliyah means “ascent” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Aliyah is a girl name. In 2024, 1,311 babies received the name in the US.
Aliyah comes from the Biblical & Christian and Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Aliyah first appears in US records in 1971. Its best-ever ranking was #133 in 2011, and 1,311 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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