Lyah
Girl · LEE-a · Hebrew
Lyah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Lyah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Lya, itself a spelling of Lia, a form of Leah
A spelling of Lia, the Italian and Portuguese form of Leah, also used as a short form of names like Amelia.
- Say it
- LEE-a
Meaning borrowed from Lya.
Is Lyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Lyah, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Lyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,018 girls in the US were given Lyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #36, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Lyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Lyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah Salem Zaniyah Aaliyah Safa Zaliyah Zainab Zaya Naziyah Kaliyah Zamira Taliyah
Other spellings of Lyah
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