Aaleyah
Girl · a-LAY-a
Aaleyah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
Where does Aaleyah come from?
Spelling of Aleyah; root uncertain
- Say it
- a-LAY-a
Meaning borrowed from Aleyah.
Is Aaleyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aaleyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aaleyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Aaleyah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aaleyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 375 girls in the UK were given Aaleyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #171, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Aaleyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
How popular is Aaleyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Aaleyah, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,061st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 155 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Aaleyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,282 girls in the US were given Aaleyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #155, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Aaleyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,677 |
| 2020 | 52 | #3,061 |
| 2019 | 54 | #3,002 |
| 2018 | 77 | #2,361 |
| 2017 | 96 | #2,035 |
| 2016 | 104 | #1,929 |
| 2015 | 155 | #1,477 |
| 2014 | 106 | #1,892 |
| 2013 | 116 | #1,761 |
| 2012 | 92 | #2,078 |
| 2011 | 75 | #2,433 |
| 2010 | 75 | #2,476 |
| 2009 | 51 | #3,251 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
Names like Aaleyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safa Ayah Nusaybah Zainab Sumayyah Ruqayyah Abeeha Aaminah Aafiyah Amira Hafsa
Other spellings of Aaleyah
Alaya Alayah Aleia Aleya Aleyah Alayha Aalayah Allayah Aleiah Aleeyah Aalaya Aleeya