Alaiia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Alaiia by the numbers

Alaiia was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Alaiia

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

  • Alainabright; a form of Alaina or Alana1,660 in the US (2017)
  • Alaniavariant of Alania or Alana, fair or bright32 in the US (2017)
  • Alaia163 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alaiya42 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alaira48 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alasia29 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Alaiia

Names that are said the same way as Alaiia, 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 Alaiia

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