Aalaiyah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Aalaiyah by the numbers
Aalaiyah was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Aalaiyah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aalaiyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Alaiyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aalayahhigh, exalted; a modern respelling of Aaliyah61 in the US (2017)
- Aaleiyahascending; a form of aliyah6 in the US (2017)
- Aliyahexalted or ascent1,897 in the US (2017)
- Alayahexalted or ascent; a form of Aliyah109 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Aalaiyah
Names that are said the same way as Aalaiyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Aliyaexalted, sublime80 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aaliyasublime or exalted; a form of Aliyah34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alliyahascension; a form of Aliyah41 in the US (2017)
- Aleiyahascended; a modern respelling of Aliyah29 in the US (2017)
- Ahliyahexalted, sublime; a form of Aaliyah9 in the US (2017)
- Aeliaof the sun; feminine form of aelius4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Aalaiyah
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