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Taliyah

Pronounced T AA1 L IY1 Y AA1 (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 2008
  • 34 years in use
  • 3 spellings
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How popular is Taliyah?

Taliyah is a girls' name, and first appears in 1991. It has been given to 9,936 children — the 1,418th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 33% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2008, when 519 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Taliya, Taleeya and Taleeyah — because they are pronounced identically.

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Spelling variants

These spellings sound identical to Taliyah and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

  • Taliya
  • Taleeya
  • Taleeyah

Characteristics

  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
T AA1 L IY1 Y AA1
Stress pattern:
111
Syllables:
3

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Taliyah

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Taliyah

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Taliyah?
Taliyah ranks 1,418th among girls' names in US records, with 9,936 births since 1991. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,002.
Is Taliyah a unisex name?
No. Taliyah is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Taliyah most popular?
2008, when 519 children were given the name. It has been in use for 34 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Taliyah spelled?
Taliya, Taleeya, Taleeyah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.