Alaijah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAY-ja
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Alaijah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Alaijah come from?
Modern: modern name in the style of Aaliyah and Elijah
Is Alaijah a girl's or a boy's name?
Alaijah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alaijah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Alaijah, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had fewer girls named Alaijah than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Alaijah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alaijah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 44 | #3,387 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,586 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
Names like Alaijah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Hadassah, Jaliyah, Aziyah, Zariah, Kamiyah, Zaliyah, Aziah, Amira, Aliya
Names related to Alaijah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Alaijah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alaijah, updated 20 October 2026.