Aliah
Aliah is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Aliah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aliah is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Aliah
American parents first put Aliah on the record books as a baby girl name in 1975, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 266 Aliahs were born — ranking #1,007 that year. About 37% of every Aliah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aliah ranks #1,218 for baby girls with 192 births, gradually falling (-9%). All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Aliah
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About the name Aliah
Aliah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Aliah's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #1,007. Use the chart and map above to compare Aliah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.