Alayiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Alayiah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
Where does Alayiah come from?
Modern: modern spelling, perhaps of Aaliyah or Alaya
Is Alayiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Alayiah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alayiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Alayiah, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 64 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Alayiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 69 girls in the US were given Alayiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,172, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.
- Alayia 45
- Alayiah 24
Alayiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,909 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,763 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,814 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 45 | #3,478 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,998 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Alayiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Aaliyah Aziyah Zaliyah Alaiyah Kaliyah Hadassah Jaliyah Kamiyah Naziyah Jaziyah Zalayah
Other spellings of Alayiah
Names related to Alayiah
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, “Alayiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alayiah, updated 20 October 2026.