Aalayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,028 for girls
Aalayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,028th for girls in the US (54 babies).
Where does Aalayah come from?
Modern: modern spelling, probably related to Aaliyah or Alaya
Is Aalayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aalayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 54 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aalayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Aalayah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 14 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Aalayah than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Aalayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 375 girls in the UK were given Aalayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #171, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Aalayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Aalayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,028th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 54 about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 54 girls in the US were named Aalayah, making it the 3,028th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,966th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 79 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Aalayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,282 girls in the US were given Aalayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #155, up from #3,028 for this spelling alone.
Aalayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #3,028 |
| 2024 | 49 | #3,225 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,975 |
| 2022 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2021 | 67 | #2,586 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,966 |
| 2019 | 79 | #2,285 |
| 2018 | 57 | #2,904 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,779 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,643 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,613 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 61 | #2,831 |
| 2011 | 56 | #3,013 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 48 | #3,408 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
Names like Aalayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Ayah, Safa, Nusaybah, Zainab, Sumayyah, Abeeha, Ruqayyah, Aaminah, Aafiyah, Hafsa, Amira
Other spellings of Aalayah
Alaya, Alayah, Aleia, Aleya, Aleyah, Alayha, Aaleyah, Allayah, Aleiah, Aleeyah, Aalaya, Aleeya
Names related to Aalayah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aalayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aalayah, updated 20 October 2026.