NameTides

Alyah

Alyah was the #2,895 girls' name in the US in 2025 (58 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Alyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Alyah 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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Alyah 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#2,895 (58)#4,867 (4)#2,282 (9)
2024#2,661 (65)—#3,383 (5)
2023#3,091 (53)#4,710 (4)—
2022#3,313 (48)——
2021#3,735 (40)—#2,616 (7)
2020#3,450 (44)—#2,873 (6)
2019#4,162 (34)—#2,188 (9)
2018#3,614 (42)——
2017#3,848 (39)—#2,876 (6)
2016#4,632 (30)——
2015#3,346 (48)——
2014#3,585 (43)—#2,374 (8)
2013#3,218 (50)——
2012#3,040 (55)—#2,921 (6)
2011#3,173 (52)#4,049 (5)#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #2,661.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 28,000 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 28,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Alyah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 27,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alyah 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: 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: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Alyah (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#7745

Alyah (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
AlyahCanadaGirls#2,2829
AlyahEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
AlyahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlyahUSGirls#2,89558