Alaijah

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Alaijah by the numbers

Alaijah was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 44 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Alaijah

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

  • Anaiahgod has answered or afflicted100 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Adaiahornament of the lord33 in the US (2017)
  • Abijahmy father is Yah18 in the US (2017)
  • Alyjahmy God is Yahweh; a form of Aliyah8 in the US (2017)
  • Alijathe exalted; a form of Ali5 in the US (2017)
  • Aalijah26 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Alaijah

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

  • Alijahmy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah676 in the US (2017)
  • Ahlijahmy father is yahweh; variant of Elijah9 in the US (2017)
  • Allijahmy god is yahweh; a form of Elijah5 in the US (2017)
  • Alayjah26 in the US (2017)
  • Alajah16 in the US (2017)
  • Alaija9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Alaijah

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