How Many People Are Named Alya?
people named Alya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 153,611 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,242 babies named Alya in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
190 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "sky, heaven, loftiness" in Arabic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Alya in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alya alive today is about 10 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alya first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 2021, to 190 babies. In 2025, 167 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,237, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #1,334.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,334 |
| Best rank | #1,237 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,366 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alya were born in California than in any other state: about 302 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alya was given 2.7 times as often in New Jersey, 2.7 times in New York and 2 times in California.
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