How rare is the name Alia?

12,618 people in the United States have the first name Alia, about 1 in 23,937. It ranks #2,125 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALIA

#2,125

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,618
About
1 in 23,937
This common or more
78.6%
Who bears it

Of the 12,618 people named Alia, 38.6% reported their origin as White, 26.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 15% as Black. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alia peaked in 2019, when 555 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
555
In 2025*
499 ▼10%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 14,028 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Alia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,134. The largest share of babies named Alia, 44.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#8,67317
1920s#9,90622
1960s#9,32846
1970s#2,675587
1980s#1,9711,202
1990s#1,7811,864
2000s#1,5642,898
2010s#1,2774,280
2020s#1,1343,112
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–805.2%
Millennials 1981–9616.1%
Generation Z 1997–1233.7%
2013 and later44.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Alia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alia has been most common in Nevada (2.3×), California (2×), and Florida (2×), and least common in South Carolina (0.22×).

11,270 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Alia

#2,123 Bette · 12,626#2,124 Erwin · 12,624#2,126 Harlan · 12,600#2,127 Marlee · 12,597

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alia, most common first.

#735 Ali · 69,302#2,596 Aliya · 9,253#2,720 Alla · 8,617#4,333 Alaa · 4,362#4,488 Aliah · 4,131#4,826 Alea · 3,735#5,385 Alaia · 3,199#7,462 Ala · 2,046

Also a last name

As a last name, Alia ranks #44,069 of 156,621, with 526 people. See Alia as a last name

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