Aliza
- Pronunciation
- [A-li-za]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Joy. Joyful.
- Origin
- Hebrew
About the Name Aliza
Aliza is a Hebrew name traditionally understood to mean "joy" or "joyful," rooted in a Hebrew word for gladness and celebration. It belongs to a small family of bright, optimistic Hebrew girls' names whose appeal lies in the cheerful sense they carry rather than in any narrative tradition. The open vowels and the gentle stress on the first syllable give it a warm, lyrical quality that travels easily across languages, so that it sounds at home in many different communities.
The name reflects a long-standing Jewish tradition of choosing names that express positive qualities and blessings for a child, and its meaning of joy makes it a natural companion to other Hebrew names built on themes of happiness and grace. That sense of celebration has helped it appeal to parents who want a name that feels both rooted in heritage and gently modern, expressive without being elaborate. Its three flowing syllables make it easy to say yet distinctive enough to stand apart from more common choices.
Aliza first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and has appeared steadily since, reaching its peak in 2024 at rank #659 with 443 births that year. It sat at #661 in 2023 and #752 in 2022, marking a gentle upward trend that places it among the quietly rising choices of recent years. Recorded variants include Alissa, Aliz, Alize, and Alyssa, offering families several spellings while keeping the same joyful core.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Aliza
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Aliza by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2023 with 444 girls named Aliza (girl rank #661 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #675 for girls (420 US births). That's 14 places below its 2023 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Aliza Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Aliza the strongest states are New Jersey, New York, Connecticut.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | #289 | 262 |
| 2 | New York | #383 | 426 |
| 3 | Connecticut | #445 | 25 |
| 4 | Iowa | #497 | 44 |
| 5 | Kansas | #528 | 23 |
| 6 | Maryland | #544 | 92 |
| 7 | Oregon | #546 | 25 |
| 8 | Michigan | #590 | 128 |
| 9 | Kentucky | #598 | 42 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | #607 | 25 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | #877 | 34 |
| 2 | Florida | #820 | 173 |
| 3 | California | #819 | 354 |
| 4 | Georgia | #801 | 96 |
| 5 | North Carolina | #789 | 93 |
| 6 | Texas | #726 | 340 |
| 7 | Colorado | #713 | 48 |
| 8 | Virginia | #711 | 86 |
| 9 | Louisiana | #702 | 38 |
| 10 | Tennessee | #701 | 88 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Aliza in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Aliza to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Aliza against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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