Girls' name · since 2016
Alaeya
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 50 babies named Alaeya, peaking in 2019. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,934 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,605 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 50
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alaeya is the #16605 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 50 recorded since 2016.
Alaeya has 50 recorded births among girls since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16605 as of the latest data, more common than 4% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #34,934 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,605 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 50 born since 2016
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alaeya ranks #34,934 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,605 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 50 born since 2016, peaking in the 2010s.
- #34,934 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,605 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 50
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alaeya's 50 recorded births place it above 51.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alaeya compares
50 16th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alaeya's all-time total is 87% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alaeya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 50 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alaeya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alaeya's full recorded timeline at 2021, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alaeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Alaeya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (25 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Alaeya's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Alaeya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 25 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Alaeya's data
- Alaeya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (25 total births) through the 2020s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alaeya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~9 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2016–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alaeya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.