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Alijah

#469 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Elijah

Alijah has been given to 15,681 babies in the U.S. since 1987. In 2025 it ranked #469 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 762 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% boys, 9% girls all-time.

Babies named Alijah, 2025

1 in 5,090

Alijah over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Alijah over time

In 2025, Alijah went to 2% girls and 98% boys.

19872025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Alijah: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Elijah

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Alijah means

Alijah is a variant of Elijah.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Alijah → Elijah. The family’s meaning is “Yahweh is my god”, recorded in English with the source elements Eliyahu.

Origin, language, and formation

Alijah is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Elijah.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 14,231 boys were recorded with the name Alijah between 1987 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 762 in 2021; its best national rank was #408 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #447 in 2020 to #469 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #482 in 2015 to #469 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,450 girls were recorded with the name Alijah between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 86 in 2015; its best national rank was #1,992 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,284 in 2020 to #7,503 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,195 in 2015 to #7,503 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Alijah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 5,090
651 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 2,620
0.04% of boys
Rank, 2025
#469
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
3,531 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Alijah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1002%
School of 5009%

Put another way: gather 3,531 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alijah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alijahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alijah was born before 2015 — so the typical Alijah is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
14,231
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 41.2% of all recorded uses (5,865).

Is Alijah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−40
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−22
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+13
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.05×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
85.4%
Peak was 2021 (762)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#408
2021

Spellings of Alijah

Alijah is not the most common spelling — Elijah is, with 91.9% against Alijah's 3.4%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Alijah is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Alijah was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 909 boys, against 1 in 2,372 across all states with data. It was least common in Kansas (1 in 14,286).

7110 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 909
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 1,099
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 1,299
  4. 4Nevada1 in 1,515
  5. 5Alabama1 in 1,587
  6. 6Georgia1 in 1,754
  7. 7Florida1 in 1,852
  8. 8Texas1 in 1,852

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Alijah is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 48% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Alijah is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Alijah was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 212,429 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Colorado1 in —
  4. 4Florida1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Missouri1 in —
  7. 7New York1 in —
  8. 8Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Alijah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Alijah around the world

Where Alijah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2025
    #1,153
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2025–2025
    #560
    in 2025
  • France
    2020–2020
    #6,984
    in 2020
  • Canada
    2000–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2001–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Alijah

People whose public names include Alijah, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Alijah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#469
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 22
Best rank ever
#408
2021
Peak year
2021
762 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
14,231
Count in 2025
651

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,503
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,219
Best rank ever
#1,992
2001
Peak year
2015
86 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,450
Count in 2025
14

Names similar to Alijah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Alijah

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Alijah, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KianGianniArmaniSincereKylanDeaconBostonCannonArjunHamzaRhysSoren

Sibling names for Alijah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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