Alijah
Alijah is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Alijah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alijah 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 Alijah
As a girl name
American parents first put Alijah on the record books as a girl name in 1991, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 85 Alijahs were born — ranking #1,995 that year. About 39% of every Alijah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Alijah ranks #7,326 for girls with 14 births, falling sharply (-58%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Alijah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1987, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2021: 762 births, good for #407 nationwide. About 39% of every Alijah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Alijah ranks #436 for boys with 725 births, gradually rising (+9%). All told, over 15K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Alijah
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Alijah. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Alijah
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About the name Alijah
Alijah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 15K births in the dataset. Alijah's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #407. Use the chart and map above to compare Alijah'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.