Alayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #387 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #412 for girls
Alayah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 387th for girls in the UK (121 babies) and 412th for girls in the US (756 babies).
What does Alayah mean?
May be Sanskrit alaya, 'abode', or a modern form of Aaliyah
Sanskrit alaya, 'abode', also appears in the name Himalaya, 'abode of snow'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Alayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 121 girls in the UK and 756 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #387among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 121about 1 in 2,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 121 girls in the UK were named Alayah, making it the 387th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 509th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 135 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 375 girls in the UK were given Alayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #171, up from #387 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 388th in England and Wales, 474th in Scotland and 259th in Northern Ireland.
Alayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 121 | #387 |
| 2024 | 135 | #361 |
| 2023 | 111 | #413 |
| 2022 | 107 | #441 |
| 2021 | 119 | #415 |
| 2020 | 87 | #509 |
| 2019 | 80 | #558 |
| 2018 | 73 | #617 |
| 2017 | 69 | #660 |
| 2016 | 33 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 34 | #1,108 |
| 2014 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 2013 | 34 | #1,117 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Alayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #412among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 756about 1 in 2,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 756 girls in the US were named Alayah, making it the 412th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 278th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 1,136 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Alayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,282 girls in the US were given Alayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #155, up from #412 for this spelling alone.
Alayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 756 | #412 |
| 2024 | 752 | #416 |
| 2023 | 793 | #386 |
| 2022 | 866 | #367 |
| 2021 | 1,004 | #325 |
| 2020 | 1,136 | #278 |
| 2019 | 899 | #351 |
| 2018 | 592 | #530 |
| 2017 | 578 | #534 |
| 2016 | 580 | #536 |
| 2015 | 537 | #572 |
| 2014 | 553 | #557 |
| 2013 | 463 | #605 |
| 2012 | 424 | #668 |
| 2011 | 373 | #740 |
| 2010 | 317 | #847 |
| 2009 | 262 | #1,007 |
| 2008 | 232 | #1,113 |
| 2007 | 202 | #1,230 |
| 2006 | 153 | #1,454 |
| 2005 | 138 | #1,508 |
| 2004 | 105 | #1,810 |
| 2003 | 90 | #2,000 |
| 2002 | 92 | #1,913 |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,375 |
| 2000 | 57 | #2,589 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,145 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,082 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
Names like Alayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah Aaliyah Safa Nusaybah Abeeha Zainab Sumayyah Ruqayyah Hafsa Amira Hiba Aaminah
Other spellings of Alayah
Alaya Aleia Aleya Aleyah Alayha Aaleyah Aalayah Allayah Aleiah Aleeyah Aalaya Aleeya
Names related to Alayah
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, “Alayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alayah, updated 20 October 2026.