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Aleah

Gender
Girl
Say it
a-LEE-a
Origin
Arabic
UK rank, 2025
#4,276 for girls
US rank, 2025
#965 for girls

Aleah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 965th for girls in the US (265 babies).

Where does Aleah come from?

Arabic: probably a modern spelling related to Aaliyah

More on Wiktionary.

Is Aleah a girl's or a boy's name?

Aleah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 265 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Aleah in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,276th among girls
Babies in 2025
5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fast down 61% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Aleah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 38 girls.

2025 had the fewest girls named Aleah since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Aleah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 571 girls in the UK were given Aleah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #109, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 38 in 20162025
Aleah in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#4,276
202410#2,644
20236#3,766
202213#2,157
202120#1,605
202013#2,159
201922#1,485
201819#1,678
201729#1,248
201638#1,014
201537#1,040
201424#1,418
201320#1,617
201230#1,205
201122#1,467
201023#1,418
200931#1,093
200818#1,620
200724#1,243
200628#1,062
200525#1,077
200420#1,238
200318#1,317
200232#829
200112#1,637
20007#2,304
19998#2,089
199814#1,417
199710#1,780
199614#1,381

How popular is Aleah in the US?

Rank in 2025
965th among girls
Babies in 2025
265 about 1 in 6,100 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 265 girls in the US were named Aleah, making it the 965th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 582nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 814 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Aleah than any year since 1995.

Half of all the girls named Aleah in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 4,461 girls in the US were given Aleah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #60, up from #965 for this spelling alone.

1961Busiest: 814 in 20112025
Aleah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025265#965
2024372#756
2023379#742
2022436#669
2021461#645
2020501#582
2019571#538
2018565#547
2017617#506
2016707#455
2015713#444
2014758#423
2013778#395
2012753#418
2011814#390
2010683#450
2009583#520
2008495#620
2007463#640
2006431#667
2005366#737
2004388#696
2003319#777
2002335#727
2001391#646
2000419#603
1999351#654
1998339#678
1997308#700
1996299#708
1995256#777
1994199#938
1993121#1,356
1992101#1,534
1991105#1,487
1990112#1,406
198997#1,488
198891#1,490
198767#1,761
198665#1,769
198564#1,759
198450#2,017
198363#1,715
198276#1,551
198175#1,568
198043#2,278
197924#3,333
197816#4,242
197718#3,910
197612#4,903
197513#4,591
197414#4,226
197322#3,014
19727#6,556
19710–
197010#5,060
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19655#6,538
19640–
19630–
19620–
19616#5,850

Names like Aleah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Aleah

Names related to Aleah

More Arabic names

Every Arabic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Aleah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aleah, updated 20 October 2026.