Alayjah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAY-ja
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Alayjah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Alayjah come from?
Modern: modern coinage, compare Aaliyah and Alijah
Is Alayjah a girl's or a boy's name?
Alayjah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alayjah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Alayjah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 58 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Alayjah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alayjah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,511 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,221 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,965 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
Names like Alayjah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Hadassah, Zariah, Jaliyah, Aziyah, Kamiyah, Alaiyah, Zaliyah, Janiyah, Azariah
Names related to Alayjah
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, “Alayjah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alayjah, updated 20 October 2026.