Alyah

A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning to ascend; a form of Aliyah.

Babies a year
39
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies

Alyah by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Alyah. In the US, 39 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 65 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

Other names that come from Aliyah

Like Alyah, each of these traces back to Aliyah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Aliyanaexalted; a modern spelling of Aliyah182 in the US (2017)
  • Alyanaexalted; a modern spelling of Aliyah83 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)
  • Aliyannaexalted; noble; a form of Aliyah43 in the US (2017)
  • Aleeyaascension; a form of Aliyah41 in the US (2017)
  • Alliyahascension; a form of Aliyah41 in the US (2017)
  • Aaliahvariant of Aliyah, exalted or high32 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aliyahexalted or ascent1,897 in the US (2017)
  • Alayahexalted or ascent; a form of Aliyah109 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ayahsign, verse of the Quran338 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aliahexalted or ascent; a respelling of Aliyah226 in the US (2017)
  • Aryahlion of God; a form of Ariel134 in the US (2017)
  • Aleyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah96 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Alyah

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

  • 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)
  • Aellawhirlwind; a form of Aella from mythology48 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Alyah

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