Salayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- suh-LAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Salayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
Where does Salayah come from?
Modern: modern coinage in the style of Aaliyah
Is Salayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Salayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Salayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Salayah, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Salayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Salayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
Names like Salayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Zaliyah, Zalayah, Aziyah, Alaiyah, Kaliyah, Naziyah, Hadassah, Jaziyah, Jaliyah, Kamiyah, Aaliyah
Names related to Salayah
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, “Salayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/salayah, updated 20 October 2026.