Gender: Boy
Meaning: My God is Yahweh
Origin: Hebrew
Popularity: Ranked #430 in 2024 with 734 babies born.
History: Alijah surged in the 2010s-2020s as a creative variant of Elijah. The A-start transforms one of the Bible's most powerful prophet names into something that looks and feels fresh. Alijah represents the American genius for reinventing sacred names — keeping the prophetic power while changing the visual identity entirely.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Alijah? About 1 in 4,403 babies born in 2024 were named Alijah, or roughly 2.1 per day in the United States.
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