NameTides

Aleyah

Aleyah was the #1,710 girls' name in the US in 2025 (119 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales.

Aleyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Aleyah 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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Aleyah 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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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#1,710 (119)#2,605 (10)—
2024#1,895 (105)#2,254 (12)—
2023#1,736 (118)#2,504 (10)—
2022#1,648 (128)#2,674 (9)#3,228 (5)
2021#1,622 (129)#2,073 (13)#2,616 (7)
2020#1,792 (110)#1,618 (18)—
2019#1,668 (126)#1,782 (16)—
2018#2,557 (68)#1,788 (16)#3,286 (5)
2017#2,018 (97)#2,502 (10)#2,179 (9)
2016#2,168 (89)#2,966 (8)#2,595 (7)
2015#1,894 (107)#3,252 (7)—
2014#1,781 (115)#2,659 (9)#2,617 (7)
2013#1,775 (115)#3,536 (6)#1,913 (11)
2012#1,602 (135)#2,338 (11)#2,921 (6)
2011#1,728 (119)#4,049 (5)#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,622.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 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 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Aleyah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aleyah 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: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,154TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Aleyah (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
AleyahCanadaGirls—too few
AleyahEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
AleyahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AleyahUSGirls#1,710119