Aaleeyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAY-a
Aaleeyah is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Aaleeyah come from?
Spelling of Aleyah; root uncertain
Meaning borrowed from Aleyah.
Is Aaleeyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aaleeyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Aaleeyah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Aaleeyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aaleeyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
Names like Aaleeyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Zaniyah Aziyah Hadassah Zaliyah Naziyah Alaiyah Kaliyah Jaliyah Kamiyah Sariyah Samiyah
Names related to Aaleeyah
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aaleeyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aaleeyah, updated 20 October 2026.