NameTides

Alaya

Alaya was the #368 girls' name in the US in 2025 (834 babies), and #248 in England & Wales and #484 in Canada.

Alaya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSScotlandCanadaIreland
Alaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#368 (834)#248 (188)#387 (8)—#718 (4)#484 (63)
2024#362 (866)#225 (212)#275 (13)—#441 (8)#439 (69)
2023#409 (746)#258 (175)#250 (15)—#495 (7)#586 (49)
2022#393 (795)#282 (162)#303 (11)#305 (5)#634 (5)#442 (67)
2021#350 (888)#280 (169)#316 (11)#350 (4)#661 (5)#433 (71)
2020#338 (915)#288 (162)#636 (4)#397 (3)#544 (6)#419 (73)
2019#394 (782)#382 (115)#447 (7)#263 (6)#871 (3)#676 (44)
2018#616 (487)#513 (83)#809 (3)#361 (4)—#752 (38)
2017#659 (452)#400 (110)#409 (8)——#746 (38)
2016#703 (408)#861 (43)———#1,043 (25)
2015#728 (389)#1,088 (32)#806 (3)——#1,499 (15)
2014#805 (347)#859 (44)#681 (4)#439 (3)—#1,187 (21)
2013#800 (338)#1,484 (21)———#2,595 (7)
2012#817 (328)#1,583 (19)———#1,787 (12)
2011#893 (292)#2,025 (13)———#1,426 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #338.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1979.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alaya is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 2,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alaya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #364WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #417ILMichigan: #330MINew York: #388NYMassachusetts: #313MAOregon: #483ORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #390IAIndiana: #418INOhio: #562OHPennsylvania: #259PANew Jersey: #362NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #381CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #428CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #350MOKentucky: #275KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #333VAMaryland: #253MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #357AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: #445KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #349TNNorth Carolina: #297NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #224LAMississippi: #301MSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #290GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #383TXFlorida: #267FL
Alaya (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#30641

Alaya (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
AlayaCanadaGirls#48463
AlayaEngland & WalesGirls#248188
AlayaIrelandGirls#7184
AlayaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlayaScotlandGirls#3878
AlayaUSGirls#368834