Aleyiah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Aleyiah by the numbers

Aleyiah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Aleyiah

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 Aleyiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aleyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah96 in the US (2017)
  • Alexiahdefender of mankind; a form of alexia10 in the US (2017)
  • Alayiah27 in the US (2017)
  • Alyiah22 in the US (2017)
  • Aleiah19 in the US (2017)
  • Aleynah11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Aleyiah

Names that are said the same way as Aleyiah, 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 Aleyiah

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