Raliyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Raliyah by the numbers

Raliyah was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Raliyah

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

  • Raniyahgazing; looking; form of Rania107 in the US (2017)
  • Rakiyahascending, rising; feminine form of Raki13 in the US (2017)
  • Raiyahfragrant or spring garden; a form of raya4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rabiyahfourth; feminine form relating to spring3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ramiyah39 in the US (2017)
  • Raziyah10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Raliyah

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

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