Aalaya — #9291 US girls' name
227 babies named Aalaya in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 47% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Aalaya was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Aalaya in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aalaya
The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Aalaya between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aalaya currently holds the #9291 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aalaya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aalaya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aalaya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aalaya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 227 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aalaya at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Aalaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2019)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #9291 among girls.
227 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 18 births in a single year.
Aalaya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 107 births that decade — 47% of Aalaya's all-time total
Aalaya decade highlights
- Peak decade 107 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aalaya's strongest decade
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Aalaya by state
Where Aalaya concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 227 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.