female NAME · CURRENTLY #263

Aliyah

uh-LEE-yuh

““Rising,” “ascending,” or “ascent”; in Hebrew, aliyah also refers to a religious or spiritual ascent.”

A name used in both Arabic and Hebrew naming traditions.

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SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Aliyah has traveled through time

231980 271985 451990 7851995 1,1162000 1,4622005 2,1692010 1,9792015 1,5322020 1,1882025
LATEST YEAR20251,188 births
PEAK RANK#133in 2011
CURRENT USAGE100% F0% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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