Alaiah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 37 babies a year in the US.
Alaiah by the numbers
Alaiah was given to 37 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 46 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Alaiah
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 Alaiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alayahexalted or ascent; a form of Aliyah109 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliahexalted or ascent; a respelling of Aliyah226 in the US (2017)
- Alanahfair, bright; a form of Alana153 in the US (2017)
- Anaiahgod has answered or afflicted100 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alaiyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adaiahornament of the lord33 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Alaiah
Names that are said the same way as Alaiah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Aliaexalted, noble458 in the US (2017)
- Aleyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah96 in the US (2017)
- Aaleyahascending, going up; a form of Aliyah95 in the US (2017)
- Alyaexalted; noble70 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aalayahhigh, exalted; a modern respelling of Aaliyah61 in the US (2017)
- Aleeyahascension; a form of aliyah54 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Alaiah
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