Given name

Neliah

Neliah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Neliah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Neliah through the years

Babies since 1880
90
0 boys · 90 girls
Most popular year
2019
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−58%
Cooling
02462025Highest share 20230.0
Neliah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2002–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

NeliahNelia

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Neliah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Nyliah

15Very rareEasing

>99% girls

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Zahlia

14Very rareEasing

>99% girls

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Elionna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nakiah

“one who is pure; chaste”

0Not recently recordedEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Nylie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Niala

“a champion”

11Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Eryanna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kylina

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Neliah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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