NameTides

Alaiyah

Alaiyah was the #1,592 girls' name in the US in 2025 (131 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales.

Alaiyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Alaiyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Alaiyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,592 (131)#1,719 (17)—
2024#1,472 (148)#1,743 (17)—
2023#1,302 (175)#2,063 (13)—
2022#1,371 (169)#1,685 (17)#3,228 (5)
2021#1,181 (206)#1,692 (17)#3,280 (5)
2020#1,287 (173)#2,449 (10)#2,873 (6)
2019#1,302 (176)#2,286 (11)#2,872 (6)
2018#1,799 (113)#3,518 (6)—
2017#2,357 (77)——
2016#2,517 (71)#3,214 (7)—
2015#2,209 (85)#4,103 (5)#2,891 (6)
2014#2,139 (89)#4,684 (4)—
2013#2,903 (58)——
2012#2,734 (64)——
2011#2,838 (61)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,181.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 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 12,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Alaiyah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alaiyah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,575CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,615TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Alaiyah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlaiyahCanadaGirls—too few
AlaiyahEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
AlaiyahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlaiyahUSGirls#1,592131