Alliah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Alliah by the numbers
Alliah was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 33 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Alliah
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 Alliah. 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)
- Alliyahascension; a form of Aliyah41 in the US (2017)
- Aaliahvariant of Aliyah, exalted or high32 in the US (2017)
- Allahthe god; the deity5 in the US (2017)
- Arliaheagle lake; a form of Arlie or Arlene4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alaiah37 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Alliah
Names that are said the same way as Alliah, 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)
- Aleyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah96 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)
Names about as common as Alliah
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