How rare is the name Alayah?

5,262 people in the United States have the first name Alayah, about 1 in 57,399. It ranks #3,773 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALAYAH

#3,773

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,262
About
1 in 57,399
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,262 people named Alayah, 56.5% reported their origin as Black, 16.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 13.3% as White. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alayah peaked in 2020, when 1,136 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19922025
Peak year
2020
Births that year
1,136
In 2025*
756 ▼33%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 12,228 babies have been given the name since 1992. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Alayah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #725. The largest share of babies named Alayah, 77.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#7,883208
2000s#2,6241,397
2010s#1,0975,316
2020s#7255,307
Millennials 1981–960.8%
Generation Z 1997–1221.4%
2013 and later77.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Alayah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alayah has been most common in Nevada (2.6×), Florida (2.1×), and Georgia (1.9×), and least common in Connecticut (0.35×).

11,030 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Alayah

#3,771 Agatha · 5,264#3,771 Evelina · 5,264#3,774 Tye · 5,259#3,775 Abe · 5,258

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alayah, most common first.

#1,169 Aliyah · 33,713#3,815 Alaya · 5,173#8,552 Aleyah · 1,693#10,930 Alyah · 1,196#14,618 Alaiyah · 803#24,628 Alayiah · 390#28,137 Allyah · 321#28,553 Allayah · 314

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