Aleah

“High, exalted” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #965 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Aleah reached #390 in 2011 and has eased to #965 since. About 17,000 girls have carried it since 1961. Together with its spelling variant Alea (#2958), Aleah would rank around #848 with about 320 births last year — the newborns split about 83/17 between Aleah and Alea.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,900 girls in Sweden (2025) · about 1 in 8,500 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 9,800 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 30 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Aleahs

Aleah Stanbridge — South African singer-songwriter
Aleah Finnegan — Filipino-American artistic gymnast
Aleah Chapin — American painter
Aleah Goodman — American basketball player
Aleah Scheick — American model

What Aleahs become

Among 18 notable people named Aleah:

Sports figures appear 2.73× more often than among typical names — e.g. Aleah Finnegan, Filipino-American artistic gymnast.

Similar names: Aliah · Salma · Aliya · Kallie · Yasmin · Kai

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