Alijah

What Alijah means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Alijah yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #469 vs #1,153 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Alijah?

US: Steady: #482 in 2015, #469 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1442 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 762 boys got the name (#408 that year). First in the US records in 1987.

How common

• About 1 in 2,624 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 10,877 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.54 per 1,000 boys), MS (1.29 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.89 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Alijah is #469 in the US and #1153 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.9% of US babies named Alijah were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Elijah11,111 US · 1,659 E&W
• Elyjah52 US · 3 E&W
• Ilijah17 US · 3 E&W
• Elija14 US
• Ellijah8 US · 4 E&W
• Alyjah8 US
• Alija5 US
• Ilija5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Alijah

Boys

• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025

For a sister

• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Olivia#1“olive; olive branch”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Alijah’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.