# Aleah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aleah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,592 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 16,592 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 530, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Probably a fanciful spelling of Alia, Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 814 | 390 |
| 2012 | 753 | 418 |
| 2013 | 778 | 395 |
| 2014 | 758 | 423 |
| 2015 | 713 | 444 |
| 2016 | 707 | 455 |
| 2017 | 617 | 506 |
| 2018 | 565 | 547 |
| 2019 | 571 | 538 |
| 2020 | 501 | 582 |
| 2021 | 461 | 645 |
| 2022 | 436 | 669 |
| 2023 | 379 | 742 |
| 2024 | 372 | 756 |
| 2025 | 265 | 965 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,489 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,210 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,956 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,341 |
| 2015 | 31 | 1,114 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,241 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,219 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.