Alajah

A girls’ 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

Alajah by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 47 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Alajah

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 Alajah. 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)
  • Alanahfair, bright; a form of Alana153 in the US (2017)
  • Alyjahmy God is Yahweh; a form of Aliyah8 in the US (2017)
  • Alaiah37 in the US (2017)
  • Alayjah26 in the US (2017)
  • Alaijah16 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Alajah

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

  • Alijathe exalted; a form of Ali5 in the US (2017)
  • Aalijah26 in the US (2017)
  • Alaija9 in the US (2017)
  • Alayja6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Alajah

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