Alijah
Top 1000
About Alijah
Elijah is in the US Top 10 and is popular across New Zealand, The Netherlands, and The UK. Spelling variation Alijah however only appears in the US charts, where it has ranked in the Top 1000 since 2001. Given to 700 boys in a recent year, for every one baby Alijah, there are 16 Elijahs.
Derived from the Hebrew name Eliyahu, Elijah is composed of the elements ’el and yah which both refer to God. Alijah could be said to mean the same, although the change of initial could link it to the Hebrew element ala meaning "to rise, to ascend", to create the meaning "to ascend to God" , as in the name Aliyah.
This spelling variant changes the nickname for Eli to Ali, or perhaps EJ to AJ.
Pronounced uh-LIE-zhuh.
As of October 2026, Alijah ranked #469 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #407 in 2021.
Editor's take: The name Alijah is a boy's name meaning "Yahweh is God".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #484 | 580 | 301.9 |
| 2015 | #482 | 621 | 324 |
| 2016 | #509 | 588 | 309.8 |
| 2017 | #476 | 619 | 334.4 |
| 2018 | #489 | 590 | 324.9 |
| 2019 | #483 | 605 | 337.2 |
| 2020 | #447 | 667 | 386.4 |
| 2021 | #407 | 762 | 435.6 |
| 2022 | #470 | 653 | 374 |
| 2023 | #443 | 699 | 408.6 |
| 2024 | #430 | 734 | 426 |
| 2025 | #469 | 651 | 381.1 |
World rankings
Similar names
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- Alijah
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Alijah on lists
Famous Alijahs
- Alijah Carsares Stoudmire (b. 2013)
son of American professional basketball player Amar'e Stoudemire