Alaya

What Alaya means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Alaya yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Alaya?

US: Rising: up from #728 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1088 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 915 girls got the name (#338 that year). First in the US records in 1979.

How common

• About 1 in 1,927 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,347 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,236 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.28 per 1,000 girls), LA (1.16 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.01 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Alaya is #368 in the US and #248 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Alaya were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Aliyah1,188 US · 125 E&W
• Alayah756 US · 109 E&W
• Aliya330 US · 80 E&W
• Alaiya343 US · 42 E&W
• Alya167 US · 70 E&W
• Elaya89 US · 71 E&W
• Alaiyah131 US · 17 E&W
• Aleyah119 US · 10 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Alaya

Girls

• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Luna#27“the moon”^*
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Alani#161Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #529 in 2015, #161 in 2025
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*

For a brother

• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Crew#256“weir”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Alaya’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.