Alaylah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 22 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
22
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Alaylah by the numbers

Alaylah was given to 22 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 35 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Alaylah

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 Alaylah. 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)
  • Alaynahfair, bright; a modern respelling of Alana14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alayla115 in the US (2017)
  • Alayiah27 in the US (2017)
  • Alayjah26 in the US (2017)
  • Aaylah14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Alaylah

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

  • Alilahexalted; a form of Aliyah9 in the US (2017)
  • Alaila21 in the US (2017)
  • Alyla4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alylah4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aleyla10 in the US (2017)
  • Alailah8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Alaylah

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