Alayah Girl
How popular is Alayah?
#412 girl name in 2025
756 baby girls were named Alayah in the US in 2025, making it the 412th most popular girl name.
Alayah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #412 for girls (▲ 4 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 756 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #572 in 2015, #278 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2020 (1,136 girls) |
| Highest rank | #278 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1992 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alayah 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 Alayah is most popular
Babies named Alayah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 2.0 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- Nevada: 1.2 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- Mississippi: 1.1 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- South Carolina: 1.0 per 1,000 (92 girls)
- Michigan: 1.0 per 1,000 (175 girls)
Alayah by decade
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Questions
- Is Alayah a boy or girl name?
- Alayah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alayah were girls.
- How popular is the name Alayah?
- 756 baby girls were named Alayah in the US in 2025, making it the 412th most popular girl name.
- When was Alayah most popular?
- Alayah peaked in 2020, when 1,136 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #278 in 2020.
- How many people are named Alayah?
- 12,228 babies have been named Alayah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,170 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Alayah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alayah was most common in New Mexico, at 2.0 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.