Aleah Girl
How popular is Aleah?
#965 girl name in 2025
265 baby girls were named Aleah in the US in 2025, making it the 965th most popular girl name.
Aleah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #965 for girls (▼ 209 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 265 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-63% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #444 in 2015, #582 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (814 girls) |
| Highest rank | #390 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1961 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aleah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aleah family of names ranked #780 for girls in 2025 (#643 the year before), with 321 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aleah | 265 | 83% |
| Alea | 56 | 17% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Aleah is most popular
Babies named Aleah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.4 per 1,000 (152 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- Indiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (291 girls)
Aleah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 | #5,850 |
| 1970s | 136 | #3,014 |
| 1980s | 691 | #1,488 |
| 1990s | 2,191 | #654 |
| 2000s | 4,190 | #520 |
| 2010s | 6,959 | #390 |
| 2020s | 2,414 | #582 |
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Questions
- Is Aleah a boy or girl name?
- Aleah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aleah were girls.
- How popular is the name Aleah?
- 265 baby girls were named Aleah in the US in 2025, making it the 965th most popular girl name.
- When was Aleah most popular?
- Aleah peaked in 2011, when 814 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #390 in 2011.
- How many people are named Aleah?
- 16,592 babies have been named Aleah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,444 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Aleah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aleah was most common in Florida, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.