Aleya Girl
How popular is Aleya?
#1,872 girl name in 2025
105 baby girls were named Aleya in the US in 2025, making it the 1872nd most popular girl name.
Aleya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,872 for girls (▲ 139 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 105 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+119% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,346 in 2015, #2,257 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (105 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,872 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1974 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aleya 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 Aleya is most popular
Babies named Aleya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (68 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (62 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
Aleya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21 | #8,560 |
| 1980s | 78 | #4,943 |
| 1990s | 290 | #2,734 |
| 2000s | 601 | #2,232 |
| 2010s | 630 | #2,205 |
| 2020s | 508 | #1,872 |
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Questions
- Is Aleya a boy or girl name?
- Aleya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aleya were girls.
- How popular is the name Aleya?
- 105 baby girls were named Aleya in the US in 2025, making it the 1872nd most popular girl name.
- When was Aleya most popular?
- Aleya peaked in 2025, when 105 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,872 in 2025.
- How many people are named Aleya?
- 2,128 babies have been named Aleya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,110 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Aleya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aleya was most common in Maryland, at 0.1 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.