Alaiya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 42 babies a year in England and Wales.
How Alaiya has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2019 | #786 |
| 2020 | #779 |
| 2021 | #721 |
| 2022 | #964 |
| 2023 | #988 |
| 2024 | #934 |
| 2025 | #792 |
Alaiya by the numbers
In 2025, 42 babies in England and Wales were named Alaiya. In the US, 72 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
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 Alaiya
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 Alaiya. 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)
- Aliyaexalted, sublime80 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alaiyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alliyaexalted; a form of Aliyah5 in the US (2017)
- Alaia163 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alaya188 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Alaiya
Names that are said the same way as Alaiya, 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)
- 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)
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