Alaiya Girl
How popular is Alaiya?
#792 girl name in 2025
343 baby girls were named Alaiya in the US in 2025, making it the 792nd most popular girl name.
Alaiya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #792 for girls (▲ 143 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 343 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+535% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,092 in 2015, #778 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (396 girls) |
| Highest rank | #721 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1995 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alaiya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alaiya family of names ranked #484 for girls in 2025 (#556 the year before), with 591 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alaiya | 343 | 58% |
| Alaiyah | 131 | 22% |
| Alayia | 45 | 8% |
| Alayiah | 24 | 4% |
| Alaiia | 41 | 7% |
| Aalaiyah | 7 | 1% |
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 Alaiya is most popular
Babies named Alaiya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.7 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.5 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Georgia: 0.4 per 1,000 (92 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- Florida: 0.3 per 1,000 (141 girls)
Alaiya by decade
Girl names about as popular as Alaiya
Questions
- Is Alaiya a boy or girl name?
- Alaiya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alaiya were girls.
- How popular is the name Alaiya?
- 343 baby girls were named Alaiya in the US in 2025, making it the 792nd most popular girl name.
- When was Alaiya most popular?
- Alaiya peaked in 2021, when 396 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #721 in 2021.
- How many people are named Alaiya?
- 3,153 babies have been named Alaiya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,141 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Alaiya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alaiya was most common in Mississippi, at 0.7 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.