Naliyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- na-LEE-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,514 for girls
Naliyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,514th for girls in the US (70 babies).
Where does Naliyah come from?
Modern: modern coinage rhyming with Aaliyah
Is Naliyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Naliyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 70 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Naliyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,514among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 70about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 70 girls in the US were named Naliyah, making it the 2,514th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 106 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Naliyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 157 girls in the US were given Naliyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,246, up from #2,514 for this spelling alone.
Naliyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,514 |
| 2024 | 106 | #1,884 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,975 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,821 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,848 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,498 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,835 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 53 | #3,129 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,803 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,900 |
| 2011 | 68 | #2,613 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,869 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,939 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,221 |
| 2007 | 53 | #3,214 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,583 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
Names like Naliyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Zaliyah Kaliyah Aaliyah Naziyah Aziyah Jaliyah Kamiyah Jaziyah Hadassah Zamiyah Samiyah
Other spellings of Naliyah
Names related to Naliyah
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, “Naliyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/naliyah, updated 20 October 2026.