Alyjah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- uh-LY-juh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Alyjah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Alyjah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Elijah
“my God is Yahweh”
A spelling of Elijah, the Hebrew prophet who, according to the Bible, was carried up to heaven in a whirlwind.
Is Alyjah a girl's or a boy's name?
Alyjah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alyjah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Alyjah, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer boys named Alyjah than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Alyjah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alyjah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Nicknames for Alyjah
- Eli 421 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alyjah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alijah, Elijah, Asaiah, Azariah, Adriel, Azael, Judah, Messiah, Axel, Josiah, Isaiah, Asher
Names related to Alyjah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Alyjah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alyjah, updated 20 October 2026.