Naliah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-LEE-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Naliah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
Where does Naliah come from?
Modern: spelling of Nalia; modern name, perhaps from Natalia or Nalani
Meaning borrowed from Nalia.
Is Naliah a girl's or a boy's name?
Naliah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naliah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Naliah, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Naliah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 157 girls in the US were given Naliah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,246, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.
Naliah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
Names like Naliah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Zariah, Kaliyah, Zaliyah, Jaliyah, Naziyah, Kamiyah, Aziyah, Aaliyah, Hadassah, Alaiyah, Jaziyah
Other spellings of Naliah
Names related to Naliah
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, “Naliah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naliah, updated 20 October 2026.