Aaleyah Girl
How popular is Aaleyah?
#5,721 girl name in 2025
21 baby girls were named Aaleyah in the US in 2025, making it the 5721st most popular girl name.
Aaleyah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,721 for girls (▲ 238 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 21 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-86% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,477 in 2015, #3,061 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (155 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,477 in 2015 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aaleyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aleia family of names ranked #488 for girls in 2025 (#535 the year before), with 585 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aleia | 279 | 48% |
| Aleyah | 119 | 20% |
| Aleya | 105 | 18% |
| Aaleyah | 21 | 4% |
| Aleiah | 44 | 8% |
| Alleia | 17 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Aaleyah is most popular
Babies named Aaleyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Aaleyah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Aaleyah
Questions
- Is Aaleyah a boy or girl name?
- Aaleyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aaleyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Aaleyah?
- 21 baby girls were named Aaleyah in the US in 2025, making it the 5721st most popular girl name.
- When was Aaleyah most popular?
- Aaleyah peaked in 2015, when 155 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,477 in 2015.
- How many people are named Aaleyah?
- 1,441 babies have been named Aaleyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,432 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Aaleyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aaleyah was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.