Alaijah — #7058 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Alaijah

The Social Security Administration has registered 723 babies named Alaijah between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alaijah currently holds the #7058 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alaijah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 329 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Alaijah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Alaijah in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alaijah 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 723 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.