Alayah

What Alayah means

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

Editor’s note Up from #572 in 2015 to #412 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Alayah?

US: Rising: up from #572 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1088 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 1,136 girls got the name (#278 that year). First in the US records in 1992.

How common

• About 1 in 2,126 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,324 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,982 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 NV (1.52 per 1,000 girls), NM (1.5 per 1,000 girls), SC (1.04 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Alayah is #412 in the US and #388 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 Alayah 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
• Alaya834 US · 188 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 Alayah

Girls

• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Rowan#249“little red one”^*
• Journee#258Editor’s note 1,198 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Saylor#217“dancer, acrobat”^*

For a brother

• Wyatt#38“war + hard, brave”^*
• Beckett#141Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 6 babies
• Kaiden#237Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 12 babies
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*

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 Alayah’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.