Jahliyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-LEE-a
- Origin
- Modern
Jahliyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Jahliyah come from?
Modern: modern name, perhaps modelled on Aaliyah
Is Jahliyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jahliyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Jahliyah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Jahliyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jahliyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Jahliyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Zaliyah, Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Aziyah, Jaziyah, Kamiyah, Naziyah, Hadassah, Zamiyah, Jamiyah
Names related to Jahliyah
Jaylah, Jailah, Jaleyah, Jalilah, Jalaiyah, Jaliya, Jaaliyah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Jahliyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jahliyah, updated 20 October 2026.