Zaleyah

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

Zaleyah by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zaleyah

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

  • Zaliyah49 in the US (2017)
  • Zalayah43 in the US (2017)
  • Zaleah22 in the US (2017)
  • Zariyahblooming flower; a form of Zahra389 in the US (2017)
  • Zakiyahpure; intelligent; virtuous85 in the US (2017)
  • Zayahgrace and beauty; a feminine form of Zayn or variant of Zaynah14 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Zaleyah

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

  • ZayleahGod remembers; a form of Zachary11 in the US (2017)
  • ZayliaGod remembers; a form of Zachary4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zalaya28 in the US (2017)
  • Zalia23 in the US (2017)
  • Zaela15 in the US (2017)
  • Zaliah10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zaleyah

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