Alayha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Alayha is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Alayha come from?
Modern: modern spelling related to Alaya and Aaliyah
Is Alayha a girl's or a boy's name?
Alayha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alayha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Alayha, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 6 girls.
In 2025, 375 girls in the UK were given Alayha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #171, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Alayha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
How popular is Alayha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Alayha, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Alayha in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alayha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Alayha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Amira, Hiba, Ayra, Ayah, Rahma, Nusaybah, Zainab, Halima
Other spellings of Alayha
Alaya, Alayah, Aleia, Aleya, Aleyah, Aaleyah, Aalayah, Allayah
Names related to Alayha
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, “Alayha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alayha, updated 20 October 2026.