Alayja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAY-ja
- Origin
- Modern
Alayja is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Alayja come from?
Modern: spelling of Alayjah; modern coinage, compare Aaliyah and Alijah
Meaning borrowed from Alayjah.
Is Alayja a girl's or a boy's name?
Alayja is a girls' name.
How popular is Alayja in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Alayja in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alayja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
Names like Alayja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Avianna Amoura Amara Alyana Alora Jayla Ayla Amaya Alara Ava Kaliyah
Names related to Alayja
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, “Alayja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alayja, updated 20 October 2026.