Aleiah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Aleiah by the numbers

Aleiah was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 43 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Aleiah

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 Aleiah. 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)
  • Aleiyahascended; a modern respelling of Aliyah29 in the US (2017)
  • Alexahdefender of mankind; a form of Alexandra18 in the US (2017)
  • Alexiahdefender of mankind; a form of alexia10 in the US (2017)
  • Aleah612 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Aleiah

Names that are said the same way as Aleiah, 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 Aleiah

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