Girl's name
Alya
Say it AHL-yah
Arabic origin 2 syllables
Where Alya is loved, common and rare
Common across France, Austria and Switzerland. Rare in five German cities, Canada, the Netherlands and five more places. Loved in Turkey.
1 in 3,618 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
France 32ndAustria 77thSwitzerland 99th
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Every place
In 17 of the 40 official lists, among them France (32nd), Austria (77th) and Switzerland (99th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 32nd 2025 | 1,315 | 1 in 218 |
| Austria | 77th 2025 | 103 | 1 in 347 |
| Switzerland | 99th 2025 | 70 | 1 in 486 |
| Cologne city | 103rd 2023 | 12 | about 1 in 512 |
| Quebec province | 111th 2025 | 50 | about 1 in 520 |
| Berlin city | 130th 2023 | 25 | about 1 in 580 |
| The Netherlands | 150th 2025 | 103 | about 1 in 592 |
| Munich city | 156th 2025 | 8 | about 1 in 524 |
| Sweden | 353rd 2025 | 20 | about 1 in 2,008 |
| Poland | 427th 2025 | 6 | 1 in 19,965 |
| Catalonia region | 463rd 2025 | 6 | 1 in 3,212 |
| Italy | 525th 2024 | 23 | 1 in 7,790 |
| England and Wales | 568th 2025 | 70 | 1 in 3,618 |
| Ontario province | 708th 2024 | 17 | about 1 in 3,204 |
| Turkey | 1st 2025 | 8,739 | rank only |
| Bonn city | 119th 2025 | 5 | about 1 in 603 |
| Leipzig city | 344th 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 2,624 |
Rare, below the listed names: Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, British Columbia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Rostock, Norway, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); TÜİK (Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu), Nüfus İstatistikleri Portalı (Turkey); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig). How we count, and every source
About the name
Alya is a variation of Aliye, and it is listed as an Arabic name. No meaning is given, so it is best described through that link and its wide present-day use.
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Two syllables, said AHL-yah, with the stress on the first. Aliyah and Alina are listed as related names.
Turkey is where it is most loved, as the number-one name for girls there. It is also a top-40 name in France and popular in Austria, and in the English-speaking world it is most familiar in Quebec. It is rising in fifteen regions and falling in none, and French records show it reaching its highest point so far in 2025, which makes it one of the strongest risers in the data.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- AHL-yah, 2 syllables
- Origin
- Arabic
- Other spellings
- Aliyah
- Alina
- Arlya
Over time
Over five years: rising in 15 of 15 regions, falling in none.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 1112 | 889 | 1013 | 1063 | 720 | 603 | 910 | 727 | 855 | 568 |
| Scotland | 798 | 680 | 765 | 765 | 792 | 476 | ||||
| Ireland | 868 | 629 | 905 | 727 | ||||||
| Ontario | 996 | 1206 | 862 | 1403 | 836 | 1259 | 896 | 656 | 708 | |
| Quebec | 320 | 319 | 388 | 251 | 213 | 257 | 160 | 127 | 182 | 111 |
| France | 109 | 94 | 90 | 82 | 62 | 58 | 53 | 40 | 35 | 32 |
| The Netherlands | 582 | 348 | 307 | 296 | 288 | 311 | 365 | 430 | 150 | |
| Austria | 274 | 232 | 197 | 122 | 156 | 128 | 142 | 160 | 133 | 77 |
| Switzerland | 258 | 260 | 371 | 190 | 172 | 134 | 121 | 145 | 97 | 99 |
| Berlin | 665 | 345 | 266 | 193 | 245 | 149 | 176 | 130 | ||
| Munich | 178 | 217 | 137 | 127 | 156 | |||||
| Cologne | 370 | 345 | 349 | 154 | 134 | 94 | 111 | 103 | ||
| Bonn | 512 | 134 | 226 | 371 | 357 | 124 | 239 | 176 | 168 | 119 |
| Rostock | 202 | 199 | 197 | |||||||
| Sweden | 582 | 789 | 689 | 570 | 459 | 353 | ||||
| Catalonia | 610 | 520 | 463 | |||||||
| Italy | 957 | 1565 | 525 | |||||||
| Poland | 569 | 658 | 496 | 603 | 427 | |||||
| Slovenia | 239 | |||||||||
| Turkey | 20 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 1 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 568 | 70 | 27.6 |
| 2024 | 855 | 43 | 16.7 |
| 2023 | 727 | 50 | 19.5 |
| 2022 | 910 | 38 | 14.4 |
| 2021 | 603 | 64 | 23.4 |
| 2020 | 720 | 51 | 19.0 |
| 2019 | 1063 | 32 | 11.4 |
| 2018 | 1013 | 35 | 12.1 |
| 2017 | 889 | 43 | 14.4 |
| 2016 | 1112 | 31 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 1405 | 23 | 7.5 |
| 2014 | 1299 | 25 | 8.2 |
| 2013 | 1774 | 16 | 5.2 |
| 2012 | 1583 | 19 | 5.9 |
| 2011 | 2025 | 13 | 4.0 |
| 2010 | 1472 | 20 | 6.2 |
| 2009 | 1837 | 14 | 4.5 |
| 2008 | 2150 | 11 | 3.5 |
| 2007 | 1965 | 12 | 3.9 |
| 2006 | 2509 | 8 | 2.7 |
| 2005 | 2084 | 10 | 3.5 |
| 2004 | 3725 | 4 | 1.4 |
| 2003 | 1996 | 9 | 3.2 |
| 2002 | 1928 | 9 | 3.4 |
| 2001 | 2783 | 5 | 1.9 |
| 2000 | 1831 | 9 | 3.3 |
| 1999 | 1805 | 9 | 3.2 |
| 1998 | 3846 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 1997 | 2738 | 5 | 1.7 |
| 1996 | 3126 | 4 | 1.4 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Alya in France since 1925 were born in or after 2020. First recorded in 1971. Her peak year there: 2025, at 458.5 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Alya per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Alya
1 in 2,508 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Alya.
1 in 4,473 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Alya.
1 in 5,282 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Alya.
1 in 4,225 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Alya. Ends in -ya, like Alya.
1 in 859 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Alya. Ends in -ya, like Alya.
1 in 596 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Alya.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Liya.
1 in 1,214 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Alya.
1 in 23,026 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Alya.
1 in 2,878 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Alya. Ends in -ya, like Alya.
1 in 16,885 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Alya.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Lyanna.
Middle names for Alya
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Alya Grace
2-1 beats · initials AG
Changes the beat after Alya: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Alya Olivia
2-4 beats · initials AO · Alya slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Alya: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Alya slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Alya Sophia
2-3 beats · initials AS
Changes the beat after Alya: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Alya Maria
2-3 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Alya: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Alya Rose
2-1 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Alya: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Alya Emily
2-3 beats · initials AE · Alya slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Alya: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Alya slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Alya Julia
2-3 beats · initials AJ
Changes the beat after Alya: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Alya Miriam
2-3 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Alya: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Alya
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 4,225 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Alya across countries and decades.
1 in 5,756 in England and Wales
89% alike: moves with Alya across countries and decades.
1 in 344 in Scotland
89% alike: moves with Alya across countries and decades.
1 in 859 in England and Wales
88% alike: moves with Alya across countries and decades.
1 in 3,958 in England and Wales
88% alike: moves with Alya across countries and decades.
1 in 7,042 in Ireland
88% alike: moves with Alya across countries and decades.
1 in 5,282 in Ireland
88% alike: moves with Alya across countries and decades.
1 in 12,061 in England and Wales
88% alike: moves with Alya across countries and decades.
Questions about Alya
4 questions, on how popular she is, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Alya?
Her best rank is No. 1 in Turkey in 2025. She is in the published lists of 17 of our 40 regions.
How do you pronounce Alya?
AHL-yah, with 2 syllables.
Is Alya getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 15 of 15 regions, falling in none.
Which sister names go with Alya?
The deck's top five sisters for Alya: Leyla, Elif, Meryem, Leya and Inaya. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.