Alaya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 188 babies a year in England and Wales.
How Alaya has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #727 |
| 2016 | #703 |
| 2017 | #659 |
| 2018 | #616 |
| 2019 | #394 |
| 2020 | #340 |
| 2021 | #350 |
| 2022 | #394 |
| 2023 | #408 |
| 2024 | #362 |
| 2025 | #368 |
Alaya by the numbers
In 2025, 188 babies in England and Wales were named Alaya. In the US, 446 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably 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 Alaya
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 Alaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alanafair, bright; feminine form of Alan1,432 in the US (2017)
- Alaynafair, bright; a form of Alana1,373 in the US (2017)
- Alayahexalted or ascent; a form of Aliyah109 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliyaexalted, sublime80 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alyaexalted; noble70 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alaanobility or elevation28 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Alaya
Names that are said the same way as Alaya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Aliaexalted, noble458 in the US (2017)
- Aliahexalted or ascent; a respelling of Aliyah226 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)
- 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 Alaya
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