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Girl name

Saliyah

100% girls · 27 born in 2025

Saliyah has been given to about 551 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2010, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Origin—
Syllables2
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Living in the US≈ 547
Median age today13 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Saliyah per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year2010 · 36
  • Born in 202527
  • All time551

How popular is Saliyah?

Its best year was 2010, when 36 babies were given the name, ranking 4168th. The typical living American called Saliyah is about 13 years old today.

Names that sound like Saliyah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Aliyah0.88
  2. Maliyah0.88
  3. Kaliyah0.88
  4. Jaliyah0.88
  5. Taliyah0.88
  6. Saniyah0.88
  7. Sariyah0.88
  8. Samiyah0.88

Middle names for Saliyah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Saliyah Eve0.80
  2. Saliyah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Saliyah Josephine0.78
  4. Saliyah Anne0.78
  5. Saliyah Rose0.77
  6. Saliyah Louise0.77

Sibling names for Saliyah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Fisherbrother · 0.84
  2. Bodebrother · 0.84
  3. Azariasister · 0.84
  4. Kyrenbrother · 0.83
  5. Yarelisister · 0.83
  6. Malayasister · 0.83

Where Saliyah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Saliyah Anderson0.74
    2. Saliyah White0.72
    3. Saliyah Reyes0.72
    4. Saliyah Nguyen0.72
    5. Saliyah Moore0.72
    6. Saliyah Lee0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Saliyah

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.