Alijah is a distinctive girls' name in United States, ranking #2968 in 2016 with 56 recorded births. This places Alijah in the top 16% of ranked US girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2001 with 85 births ranking #1996. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 47.4%. In 2016, approximately 1 in every 31,634 girls born was named Alijah. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Alijah is a modern spelling variant of Elijah and carries the same meaning, "my God is Yahweh". It keeps the biblical roots of Elijah while giving the name a more contemporary look.
The deeper origin is ancient Hebrew, but the Alijah spelling is modern. Its rise reflects the wider popularity of Elijah and similar biblical names with fresh-looking spellings.