Laliah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three 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

Laliah by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Laliah

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

  • Layliahnight; a form of Layla5 in the US (2017)
  • Liliahnight flower; a form of Lilith5 in the US (2017)
  • Lariah62 in the US (2017)
  • Laniah20 in the US (2017)
  • Lamiah3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Laiah11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Laliah

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

  • Laelanight; a form of Layla52 in the US (2017)
  • Laelahnight; a respelling of Layla or Laylah41 in the US (2017)
  • Laiylanight; a variant of Layla24 in the US (2017)
  • Laiylahnight; a variant spelling of Laila8 in the US (2017)
  • Lalia3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Laliah

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