Name meaning & stats
Alia
Alia means “high, exalted” (Arabic origin). 13,989 US babies since 1940, peak 2019.
What it means
“high, exalted”
ArabicFeminine form of Ali
In US birth records
Peak year: 2019
13,989 US babies were named Alia between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Alia (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 22 Aaliyahs spell it Alia
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2019)