Alaja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-LAY-juh
- Origin
- Modern
Alaja is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Alaja come from?
Modern: spelling of Alajah; modern coinage with the -jah ending
Meaning borrowed from Alajah.
Is Alaja a girl's or a boy's name?
Alaja is a girls' name.
How popular is Alaja in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Alaja in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alaja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
Names like Alaja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Amira Zaniyah Kaliyah Aliya Jaliyah Safa Aziyah Zahara Zayla Zamira Amaya
Names related to Alaja
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, “Alaja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alaja, updated 20 October 2026.