Aleighya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Aleighya by the numbers
Aleighya was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Aleighya
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 Aleighya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Aleighya
Names that are said the same way as Aleighya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Aliyahexalted or ascent1,897 in the US (2017)
- Aliyaexalted, sublime80 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alaiyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aaliyasublime or exalted; a form of Aliyah34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alliyahascension; a form of Aliyah41 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Aleighya
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