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Jalyiah

Gender
Girl
Say it
juh-LY-uh
Origin
Modern

Jalyiah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Jalyiah come from?

Modern: blend of Ja- with the -liyah ending of Aaliyah

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

Jalyiah is a girls' name.

How popular is Jalyiah in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.

Half of all the girls named Jalyiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

2001Busiest: 15 in 20082024
Jalyiah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20246#13,472
20238#11,164
20220–
20210–
202014#7,554
20196#13,793
20180–
20176#14,120
20160–
201514#8,004
20149#10,949
20136#14,577
201213#8,628
201112#9,146
201010#10,446
200912#9,375
200815#8,105
20076#15,485
20066#15,147
20050–
20048#11,617
20035#15,777
20020–
20015#15,345

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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, “Jalyiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jalyiah, updated 20 October 2026.