Aleia

What Aleia means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,712 in 2015, #933 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Aleia?

US: Rising: up from #2712 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3252 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 279 girls got the name (#933 that year). First in the US records in 1973.

How common

• About 1 in 5,761 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 13,331 baby girls in England and Wales 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 HI (2.8 per 1,000 girls), AZ (0.64 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.36 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Aleia is #933 in the US and #1584 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 Aleia were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Alaia2,318 US · 163 E&W
• Alia499 US · 49 E&W
• Allie529 US · 13 E&W
• Elia263 US · 39 E&W
• Aleah265 US · 5 E&W
• Aliah193 US · 8 E&W
• Alaiah121 US
• Eleia90 US · 14 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 Aleia

Girls

• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Alora#195“my dream”^*
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Cecilia#108possibly “blind”^*
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Rosie#283Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #775 in 2015, #283 in 2025

For a brother

• Adonis#241Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #698 in 2015, #241 in 2025
• Walker#78Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #340 in 2015, #78 in 2025
• Baker#217From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”^*
• Shiloh#278Editor’s note Used for both: 53% of US babies named Shiloh in 2025 were boys
• Lorenzo#117Editor’s note Up from #216 in 2015 to #117 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 560 US boys in the 2025 records
• Myles#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #223 in 2015, #100 in 2025

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