Alijah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-LY-ja
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,080 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #469 for boys
Alijah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 1,080th for boys in the UK (30 babies) and 469th for boys in the US (651 babies).
What does Alijah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Elijah
“my God is Yahweh”
A respelling of Elijah, the Hebrew prophet who in the Bible is carried up to heaven in a whirlwind.
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Is Alijah a girl's or a boy's name?
Alijah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the UK and 14 girls and 651 boys in the US.
How popular is Alijah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,080th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the UK were named Alijah, making it the 1,080th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,317th.
2025 had the most boys named Alijah of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Alijah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 5% of the babies named Alijah in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Alijah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #1,080 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,317 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Alijah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 469th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 651 about 1 in 2,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 651 boys in the US were named Alijah, making it the 469th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 447th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 762 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987. 14 girls were also named Alijah in 2025 (7,489th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Alijah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Alijah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 45% of the babies named Alijah in the US in 1993, and 2% in 2025.
Alijah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 651 | #469 |
| 2024 | 739 | #429 |
| 2023 | 702 | #443 |
| 2022 | 653 | #470 |
| 2021 | 762 | #408 |
| 2020 | 669 | #447 |
| 2019 | 606 | #483 |
| 2018 | 590 | #489 |
| 2017 | 619 | #476 |
| 2016 | 588 | #509 |
| 2015 | 621 | #482 |
| 2014 | 580 | #484 |
| 2013 | 526 | #509 |
| 2012 | 600 | #453 |
| 2011 | 582 | #458 |
| 2010 | 553 | #470 |
| 2009 | 580 | #471 |
| 2008 | 588 | #470 |
| 2007 | 468 | #550 |
| 2006 | 418 | #586 |
| 2005 | 379 | #596 |
| 2004 | 333 | #633 |
| 2003 | 300 | #658 |
| 2002 | 266 | #684 |
| 2001 | 172 | #907 |
| 2000 | 142 | #1,025 |
| 1999 | 133 | #1,037 |
| 1998 | 104 | #1,186 |
| 1997 | 91 | #1,260 |
| 1996 | 79 | #1,357 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,909 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Alijah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Musa, Mustafa, Ahmed, Zakariya, Hamza, Zayd, Amir, Abdallah, Ayyub
Other spellings of Alijah
Names related to Alijah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Alijah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alijah, updated 20 October 2026.