Allayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LAY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Allayah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Allayah mean?
Spelling of Alaya; may be Sanskrit alaya, 'abode', or a modern form of Aaliyah
Sanskrit alaya, 'abode', also appears in the name Himalaya, 'abode of snow'.
Meaning borrowed from Alaya. More on Wiktionary.
Is Allayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Allayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Allayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Allayah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 6 girls.
In 2025, 375 girls in the UK were given Allayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #171, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Allayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
How popular is Allayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Allayah, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Allayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,282 girls in the US were given Allayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #155, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Allayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
Names like Allayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Ayah, Safa, Zainab, Nusaybah, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Abeeha, Aaminah, Amira, Aafiyah, Hafsa
Other spellings of Allayah
Alaya, Alayah, Aleia, Aleya, Aleyah, Alayha, Aaleyah, Aalayah, Aleiah, Aleeyah, Aalaya, Aleeya
Names related to Allayah
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, “Allayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/allayah, updated 20 October 2026.