Alajah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-LAY-juh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Alajah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Alajah come from?
Modern: modern coinage with the -jah ending
Is Alajah a girl's or a boy's name?
Alajah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alajah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Alajah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2005, with 47 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had fewer girls named Alajah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Alajah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alajah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 44 | #3,618 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Alajah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Zaniyah Kaliyah Hadassah Aziyah Jaliyah Alaiyah Zaliyah Kamiyah Zariah Aziah Naziyah
Names related to Alajah
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, “Alajah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alajah, updated 20 October 2026.