Naleyah

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

Naleyah by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Naleyah

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

Sounds like Naleyah

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

  • NaliahGod gave me; a form of Natalia21 in the US (2017)
  • Nahilabee; a form of Nahla7 in the US (2017)
  • Naailahone who achieves or succeeds5 in the US (2017)
  • Nalia36 in the US (2017)
  • Nalaya5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nahlia15 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Naleyah

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