Alaiyah Girl
How popular is Alaiyah?
#1,592 girl name in 2025
131 baby girls were named Alaiyah in the US in 2025, making it the 1592nd most popular girl name.
Alaiyah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,592 for girls (▼ 120 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 131 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,209 in 2015, #1,287 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (206 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,181 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alaiyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alaiya family of names ranked #484 for girls in 2025 (#556 the year before), with 591 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alaiya | 343 | 58% |
| Alaiyah | 131 | 22% |
| Alayia | 45 | 8% |
| Alayiah | 24 | 4% |
| Alaiia | 41 | 7% |
| Aalaiyah | 7 | 1% |
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 Alaiyah is most popular
Babies named Alaiyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Alaiyah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Alaiyah
Questions
- Is Alaiyah a boy or girl name?
- Alaiyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alaiyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Alaiyah?
- 131 baby girls were named Alaiyah in the US in 2025, making it the 1592nd most popular girl name.
- When was Alaiyah most popular?
- Alaiyah peaked in 2021, when 206 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,181 in 2021.
- How many people are named Alaiyah?
- 2,115 babies have been named Alaiyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,105 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Alaiyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alaiyah was most common in Georgia, at 0.2 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.