Aleah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 612 babies a year in the US.
How Aleah has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #444 |
| 2016 | #455 |
| 2017 | #509 |
| 2018 | #548 |
| 2019 | #539 |
| 2020 | #583 |
| 2021 | #649 |
| 2022 | #670 |
| 2023 | #743 |
| 2024 | #759 |
| 2025 | #965 |
Aleah by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Aleah. In the US, 612 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 812 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Aleah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aleah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aliahexalted or ascent; a respelling of Aliyah226 in the US (2017)
- Aleyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah96 in the US (2017)
- Aleadice or game of chance18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alyahto ascend; a form of Aliyah39 in the US (2017)
- Alexahdefender of mankind; a form of Alexandra18 in the US (2017)
- Alephfirst letter of hebrew alphabet; ox10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Aleah
Names that are said the same way as Aleah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Alayahexalted or ascent; a form of Aliyah109 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliaexalted, noble458 in the US (2017)
- Aaleyahascending, going up; a form of Aliyah95 in the US (2017)
- Alyaexalted; noble70 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aalayahhigh, exalted; a modern respelling of Aaliyah61 in the US (2017)
- Aleeyahascension; a form of aliyah54 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Aleah
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