Aleyah Girl
How popular is Aleyah?
#1,710 girl name in 2025
119 baby girls were named Aleyah in the US in 2025, making it the 1710th most popular girl name.
Aleyah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,710 for girls (▲ 185 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 119 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,894 in 2015, #1,792 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (135 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,602 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1991 |
| 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 |
Aleyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aleia family of names ranked #488 for girls in 2025 (#535 the year before), with 585 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aleia | 279 | 48% |
| Aleyah | 119 | 20% |
| Aleya | 105 | 18% |
| Aaleyah | 21 | 4% |
| Aleiah | 44 | 8% |
| Alleia | 17 | 3% |
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 Aleyah is most popular
Babies named Aleyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (113 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (99 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Aleyah by decade
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Questions
- Is Aleyah a boy or girl name?
- Aleyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aleyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Aleyah?
- 119 baby girls were named Aleyah in the US in 2025, making it the 1710th most popular girl name.
- When was Aleyah most popular?
- Aleyah peaked in 2012, when 135 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,602 in 2012.
- How many people are named Aleyah?
- 2,805 babies have been named Aleyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,786 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Aleyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aleyah was most common in California, at 0.1 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.