Aleia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,642 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #933 for girls
Aleia is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 933rd for girls in the US (279 babies).
Where does Aleia come from?
Root uncertain
Is Aleia a girl's or a boy's name?
Aleia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 279 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aleia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,642among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Aleia, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aleia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 375 girls in the UK were given Aleia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #171, up from #1,642 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.
Aleia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Aleia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #933among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 279about 1 in 5,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 279 girls in the US were named Aleia, making it the 933rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,031st. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had the most girls named Aleia of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Aleia in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,282 girls in the US were given Aleia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #155, up from #933 for this spelling alone.
Aleia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 279 | #933 |
| 2024 | 271 | #961 |
| 2023 | 222 | #1,107 |
| 2022 | 227 | #1,098 |
| 2021 | 226 | #1,095 |
| 2020 | 243 | #1,031 |
| 2019 | 165 | #1,366 |
| 2018 | 92 | #2,084 |
| 2017 | 68 | #2,573 |
| 2016 | 83 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 65 | #2,712 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,004 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,865 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,837 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,359 |
| 2009 | 54 | #3,125 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 49 | #3,315 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,840 |
| 2000 | 51 | #2,813 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,926 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,580 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
Names like Aleia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria Athena Arabella Ayla Amara Aurora Amira Ariella Amaya Alina Sienna Fatima
Other spellings of Aleia
Alaya Alayah Aleya Aleyah Alayha Aaleyah Aalayah Allayah Aleiah Aleeyah Aalaya Aleeya
Names related to Aleia
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, “Aleia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aleia, updated 20 October 2026.