Alaiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LYE-ya
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,592 for girls
Alaiyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 1,592nd for girls in the US (131 babies).
Where does Alaiyah come from?
Modern: modern spelling related to Aaliyah or Alaia
Is Alaiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Alaiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 131 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alaiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Alaiyah, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alaiyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Alaiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
How popular is Alaiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,592nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 131 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 131 girls in the US were named Alaiyah, making it the 1,592nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,287th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 206 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had fewer girls named Alaiyah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Alaiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alaiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | #1,592 |
| 2024 | 148 | #1,472 |
| 2023 | 175 | #1,302 |
| 2022 | 169 | #1,371 |
| 2021 | 206 | #1,181 |
| 2020 | 173 | #1,287 |
| 2019 | 176 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 113 | #1,799 |
| 2017 | 77 | #2,357 |
| 2016 | 71 | #2,517 |
| 2015 | 85 | #2,209 |
| 2014 | 89 | #2,139 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,734 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,837 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
Names like Alaiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Ayah, Nusaybah, Safa, Abeeha, Ruqayyah, Sumayyah, Aafiyah, Zainab, Aaminah, Zaniyah, Hafsa
Names related to Alaiyah
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, “Alaiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alaiyah, updated 20 October 2026.