Alyah

Name: Alyah: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

given name · French · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Alyah is a given name, with more bearers in France than in any other country. It appears chiefly in French and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Arabic-derived given name; listed among popular Muslim African-American female names.

rarermore common

FRFrance1 in 31K◐
YTMayotte1 in 3.6K
KWKuwait1 in 16K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈3.5K ●
Sources: 78 ●
: 1 in 31K ◐

Meaning & origin●

Arabic-derived given name; listed among popular Muslim African-American female names.

Sources 1

African Muslim Names

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Alyah is recorded, by country
Country						Most common spelling	Sources
FR France	—	2,220△	924 rec.	1 in 31K	2.2K	Alyah	78
US United States	—	1,182△	70 rec.	1 in 281K	1.2K	Alyah	25
SA Saudi Arabia	—	153	57 rec.	—	—	Alyah	33
KW Kuwait	#796	147	80 rec.	—	—	Alyah	13
BR Brazil	—	88	—	1 in 2.4M	88	—	—
SY Syria	—	54	54 rec.	—	—	Alyah	4
IQ Iraq	—	46	46 rec.	—	—	Alyah	2
MY Malaysia	—	35	33 rec.	—	—	Alyah	6
AE United Arab Emirates	—	32	24 rec.	—	—	Alyah	17
GP Guadeloupe	—	25	0 rec.	—	5	Alyah	1
BE Belgium	—	24	20 rec.	—	6	Alyah	7
EG Egypt	—	24	7 rec.	—	—	Alyah	9
TR Türkiye	—	23	24 rec.	—	—	Alyah	4
MQ Martinique	—	20	0 rec.	—	5	Alyah	1
YT Mayotte	#475	15	0 rec.	—	5	Alyah	1
NL Netherlands	—	13	0 rec.	1 in 1.3M	13	—	1
GB United Kingdom	—	13	10 rec.	—	listed	Alyah	8
GF French Guiana	#689	5	0 rec.	—	5	Alyah	1
GY Guyana	—	4	—	1 in 188K	4	—	—
PL Poland	—	4	—	1 in 9.6M	4	—	—
CR Costa Rica	—	1	—	1 in 5.1M	1	—	—
RE Réunion	—	—	—	—	15	—	—
PR Puerto Rico	—	—	—	—	5	—	—
EC Ecuador	—	—	0 rec.	—	4	—	1
AT Austria	—	—	—	—	3	—	—
VC St. Vincent & Grenadines	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
CL Chile	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
CA Canada	—	—	4 rec.	—	1	—	5
IT Italy	—	—	1 rec.	—	1	—	1
AU Australia	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
PT Portugal	—	—	—	—	listed	—	—
DE Germany	—	—	—	—	listed	—	—

Roughly 2.2K people in France bear this name (about 1 in 31K). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

French8.7K73%
English1.1K9%
Portuguese6776%
Arabic5915%
Indonesian3003%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
French	8,689	73%
English	1,097	9%
Portuguese	677	6%
Arabic	591	5%
Indonesian	300	3%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Alyah is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

English given name1.4K records spelled Alyah6 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Canada, Malaysia
Languages: English, Dutch, German
Also written A'Lyah, Älyah

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

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Alyah in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1994–2025
Year	records
1994	14
1995	25
1996	24
1997	32
1998	25
1999	35
2000	55
2001	58
2002	58
2003	53
2004	48
2005	59
2006	59
2007	59
2008	50
2009	65
2010	57
2011	52
2012	55
2013	50
2014	43
2015	48
2016	30
2017	39
2018	42
2019	34
2020	44
2021	40
2022	48
2023	53
2024	65
2025	58

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 32 years between 1994–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Attested in 33 sources across 24 countries.

Official registers attesting Alyah
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
FR France	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)	2024	2.2K	#325
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	1.2K	#10,930
BR Brazil	IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)	2022	88	—
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	—	87	#45,127
US United States	SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)	2025	58	—
BR Brazil	IBGE — Nomes (census name API)	—	26	#55,763
BR Brazil	Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)	—	25	#53,281
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	2020	23	—
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2024	15	#25
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2023	15	#36
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2021	15	#42
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2019	15	#38
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	14	#10,930
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)	—	13	#19,144
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2022	10	#65
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2020	10	#66
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2018	10	#65
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2017	10	#64
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)	—	8	#32,545
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2014	8	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2024	7	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2020	7	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2009	7	—
BE Belgium	Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns)	2024	6	#1,170
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2021	6	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2017	6	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2012	6	—
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2010	6	—
YT Mayotte	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 976 (Mayotte)	2024	5	#60
GP Guadeloupe	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)	2023	5	#13
MQ Martinique	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique)	2021	5	#20
GF French Guiana	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 973 (French Guiana)	2019	5	#26
PR Puerto Rico	SSA Baby Names — Puerto Rico (state file PR.txt)	2018	5	#237
YT Mayotte	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 976 (Mayotte)	2023	5	#71
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2022	5	—
YT Mayotte	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 976 (Mayotte)	2022	5	#86
CA Canada	Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)	2019	5	—
GP Guadeloupe	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)	2019	5	#17
GP Guadeloupe	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)	2018	5	#17
MQ Martinique	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique)	2018	5	#19
MQ Martinique	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique)	2017	5	#17
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2016	5	#154
RE Réunion	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion)	2015	5	#158
GP Guadeloupe	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)	2014	5	#21
MQ Martinique	INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique)	2014	5	#19
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	4	#12,485
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	4	#12,486
GY Guyana	Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025	2025	4	#590
EC Ecuador	INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)	2024	4	—
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2023	3	#1,838
VC St. Vincent & Grenadines	Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025)	2025	2	#113
CL Chile	SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)	2021	2	—
CA Canada	Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender	2024	1	#2,418
IT Italy	ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)	2024	1	#5,857
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2023	1	#1,929
AU Australia	SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)	2006	1	—
CR Costa Rica	TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names	—	1	#89,165
PT Portugal	IRN — Lista de Nomes Próprios admitidos	—	—	—
GB United Kingdom	NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present)	2020	—	—
DE Germany	Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen	2022	—	—

Reference works 1

Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alyah?: We estimate roughly 3.5 thousand people bear Alyah (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
In which country does Alyah have the most bearers?: We estimate about 2.2 thousand people bear Alyah in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled alyah.
How common is Alyah compared with other names?: In Mayotte, Alyah is the 475th most common given name of 1,095 given names recorded there.
Is Alyah a male or female name?: Alyah is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Alyah mean?: Recorded meaning: Arabic-derived given name; listed among popular Muslim African-American female names.

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alyah” — the 475th most common given name in Mayotte. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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