Aliyanah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — five syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Aliyanah by the numbers

Aliyanah was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Aliyanah

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

  • Aliyanaexalted; a modern spelling of Aliyah182 in the US (2017)
  • Aliyannahascending; extended form of Aliyah8 in the US (2017)
  • Aiyanah18 in the US (2017)
  • Alyanah4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alianah6 in the US (2017)
  • Aliyahexalted or ascent1,897 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Aliyanah

Names that are said the same way as Aliyanah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Aliyannaexalted; noble; a form of Aliyah43 in the US (2017)
  • Aelianaof the sun; related to helios4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aaliyanaexalted, noble; a form of Aaliyah4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aliyahna7 in the US (2017)
  • Alyaanah4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Aliyanah

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