Aaliyah is an Arabic name, the feminine of Ali, and means "exalted", "sublime" or "high". The R&B singer Aaliyah, who died in a plane crash in 2001, made this spelling a household name in the United States. Aaliyah ranked number 211 in 2000, entered the top 100 in 2001 and peaked at number 36 in 2012, and in 2025 it sits just outside the top 100 at number 101.