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Aleyah

Girl

Meaning of Aleyah: Arabic & Persian: 'exalted'

Aleyah is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1659th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 2253rd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1659

119 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#2253

12 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

2,805

First recorded 1991 · peak 2012

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 5 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 51 babies1995: 38 babies1996: 38 babies1997: 51 babies1998: 50 babies1999: 48 babies2000: 54 babies20002001: 60 babies2002: 66 babies2003: 52 babies2004: 52 babies2005: 67 babies2006: 75 babies2007: 100 babies2008: 106 babies2009: 112 babies2010: 100 babies20102011: 119 babies2012: 135 babies2013: 115 babies2014: 115 babies2015: 107 babies2016: 89 babies2017: 97 babies2018: 68 babies2019: 126 babies2020: 110 babies20202021: 129 babies2022: 128 babies2023: 118 babies2024: 105 babies2025: 119 babies
US babies named Aleyah per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 135.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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