NameTides

Alya

Alya was the #1,334 girls' name in the US in 2025 (167 babies), and #568 in England & Wales and #377 in Canada.

Alya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alya 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Alya 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,334 (167)#568 (70)——#377 (81)
2024#1,279 (181)#855 (43)#476 (6)—#503 (59)
2023#1,387 (162)#727 (50)—#727 (4)#402 (74)
2022#1,506 (144)#910 (38)—#905 (3)#523 (55)
2021#1,236 (190)#603 (64)#792 (3)—#677 (43)
2020#1,474 (145)#720 (51)#765 (3)—#586 (49)
2019#1,802 (113)#1,063 (32)#765 (3)—#692 (43)
2018#2,238 (82)#1,013 (35)#680 (4)#629 (5)#765 (37)
2017#2,257 (83)#889 (43)——#907 (30)
2016#2,560 (69)#1,112 (31)#798 (3)#868 (3)#847 (32)
2015#2,846 (61)#1,405 (23)——#951 (27)
2014#2,843 (60)#1,299 (25)——#1,187 (21)
2013#2,597 (68)#1,774 (16)——#864 (31)
2012#3,314 (49)#1,583 (19)——#1,350 (18)
2011#3,350 (48)#2,025 (13)——#1,198 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,236.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,600 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 9,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alya is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,500 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alya 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: #797ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #947NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #965CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: 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: #1,281NCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,615TXFlorida: #796FL
Alya (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
Quebec2025#11150
Ontario2024#70817

Alya (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
AlyaCanadaGirls#37781
AlyaEngland & WalesGirls#56870
AlyaIrelandGirls—too few
AlyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlyaScotlandGirls—too few
AlyaUSGirls#1,334167