Alayshia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-LAY-shuh
- Origin
- Germanic
Alayshia is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Alayshia mean?
Germanic: variant of Alicia, the Latinate form of Alice
“noble”
Respelling of Alicia, from Alice, which comes from the Germanic Adalheidis.
Is Alayshia a girl's or a boy's name?
Alayshia is a girls' name.
How popular is Alayshia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Alayshia in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alayshia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Nicknames for Alayshia
- Ali 539 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alayshia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Aliya, Amira, Zaniyah, Safa, Hadassah, Kaliyah, Alaya, Safiya, Zahara, Safia, Jaliyah
Names related to Alayshia
Alaysia, Alaysha, Alyssia, Aleysha, Alasia, Alaiza, Alaisha, Alayza
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Alayshia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alayshia, updated 20 October 2026.