Jahlia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jahlia by the numbers

Jahlia was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Jahlia

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

  • Jalia41 in the US (2017)
  • Jahnia5 in the US (2017)
  • Juliayouthful; feminine form of Julius3,111 in the US (2017)
  • JaniaGod is gracious; a form of Jane or Jeanie34 in the US (2017)
  • Jameliabeautiful; a form of jamal3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jamiliabeautiful; feminine form of jamil5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jahlia

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

Names about as common as Jahlia

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