Alaeya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Alaeya by the numbers

Alaeya was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Alaeya

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 Alaeya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aleeyaascension; a form of Aliyah41 in the US (2017)
  • Alaya188 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alaiya42 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aleya14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alaena17 in the US (2017)
  • Araeya6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Alaeya

Names that are said the same way as Alaeya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
  • Aliyahexalted or ascent1,897 in the US (2017)
  • Aliyaexalted, sublime80 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alaiyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah17 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)

Names about as common as Alaeya

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