Salaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- suh-LAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Salaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Salaya come from?
Modern: spelling of Salayah; modern coinage in the style of Aaliyah
Meaning borrowed from Salayah.
Is Salaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Salaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Salaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Salaya, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Salaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Salaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
Names like Salaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Safa Zaliyah Safiya Zaya Kaliyah Aziyah Zayla Jaliyah Aaliyah Kamiyah Amoura
Names related to Salaya
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, “Salaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/salaya, updated 20 October 2026.