Alaia Girl
How popular is Alaia?
#117 girl name in 2025
2,318 baby girls were named Alaia in the US in 2025, making it the 117th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Alaia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #117 for girls (▼ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,318 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+440% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #664 in 2015, #120 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (2,429 girls) |
| Highest rank | #112 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1986 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alaia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alaia family of names ranked #74 for girls in 2025 (#70 the year before), with 4,134 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alaia | 2,318 | 56% |
| Alayah | 756 | 18% |
| Alaya | 834 | 20% |
| Alaiah | 121 | 3% |
| Aalayah | 54 | 1% |
| Ahlaya | 16 | 0% |
| Allayah | 11 | 0% |
| Aalaya | 15 | 0% |
| Ahlayah | 9 | 0% |
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 Alaia is most popular
Babies named Alaia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Rhode Island: 4.9 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- New Mexico: 3.3 per 1,000 (81 girls)
- New Jersey: 3.0 per 1,000 (534 girls)
- Florida: 2.9 per 1,000 (1,262 girls)
- New York: 2.7 per 1,000 (1,058 girls)
Alaia by decade
Girl names about as popular as Alaia
Questions
- Is Alaia a boy or girl name?
- Alaia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alaia were girls.
- How popular is the name Alaia?
- 2,318 baby girls were named Alaia in the US in 2025, making it the 117th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Alaia most popular?
- Alaia peaked in 2024, when 2,429 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #112 in 2024.
- How many people are named Alaia?
- 17,699 babies have been named Alaia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,649 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Alaia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alaia was most common in Rhode Island, at 4.9 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.