NameTides

Alaiya

Alaiya was the #792 girls' name in the US in 2025 (343 babies), and #845 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Alaiya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alaiya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandEngland & WalesCanada
Alaiya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#792 (343)#845 (42)#780 (3)—#1,429 (17)
2024#935 (282)#811 (46)——#1,949 (11)
2023#989 (258)#1,056 (32)——#1,774 (12)
2022#966 (276)#1,282 (25)—#905 (3)#1,635 (13)
2021#721 (396)#957 (36)#792 (3)—#1,592 (14)
2020#778 (350)#1,267 (25)——#1,877 (11)
2019#786 (353)#1,153 (29)——#2,188 (9)
2018#1,145 (213)#1,788 (16)——#2,892 (6)
2017#2,464 (73)#3,229 (7)———
2016#2,697 (64)#2,233 (12)———
2015#3,092 (54)#2,945 (8)———
2014#2,843 (60)#2,659 (9)———
2013#3,404 (46)#2,460 (10)——#3,286 (5)
2012#3,314 (49)————
2011#3,659 (42)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #721.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alaiya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,800 to 1 in 8,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alaiya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #597ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #813PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #616CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #465VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #529GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #799TXFlorida: #515FL
Alaiya (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2848

Alaiya (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlaiyaCanadaGirls#1,42917
AlaiyaEngland & WalesGirls#84542
AlaiyaIrelandGirls—too few
AlaiyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlaiyaScotlandGirls#7803
AlaiyaUSGirls#792343