Girls' name · since 2009

Alaiha

Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Alaiha, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#48,352 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,310 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
16
born since 2009
2020s
peak decade

16 babies have been named Alaiha since 2009, making it today's #14310 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Alaiha recorded 16 times among girls since 2009, holding rank #14310 nationally today, ahead of 17% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.

  • #48,352 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #14,310 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 16 born since 2009
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alaiha ranks #48,352 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,310 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.

#48,352 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,310 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
16
born since 2009
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%17.2%
Alaiha vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Alaiha's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Alaiha compares

16 6th 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

Alaiha's all-time total is 96% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Alaiha Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 16 376 567,345
Peak-year births 6 21 19,840

Alaiha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Alaiha's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Alaiha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
6
Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
4.555.566.5 200920212025 6

Alaiha by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).

2020s was Alaiha's strongest decade.

11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.

Alaiha births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alaiha?
Alaiha has been given to 16 babies in the U.S. since 2009, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #48,352 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #14,310 of 17,297. 6 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
Where does Alaiha sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alaiha ranks #48,352 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,310 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Alaiha most popular?
Alaiha was most popular in the 2020s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Alaiha been used?
Records for Alaiha go back to 2009, giving 17 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Alaiha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Alana, Alaina, Alayna, Alanna, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Alaiha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2009–2025 (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 Alaiha 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.