Girls' name · since 1995
Alaiya
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 3,153 babies named Alaiya, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #3,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #794 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,153
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alaiya currently ranks #794 among girls' names in America, with 3,153 babies recorded since 1995.
Alaiya has 3,153 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #794 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #3,495 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #794 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,153 born since 1995
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alaiya ranks #3,495 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #794 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,153 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #794 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,153
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alaiya's 3,153 recorded births place it above 95.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Alaiya compares
3,153 Top 18% higher than 82% of 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
Alaiya's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alaiya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,153 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 396 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alaiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alaiya's full recorded timeline at 2010, 92% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 8% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 396 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alaiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 396
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Alaiya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,905 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Alaiya's strongest decade.
1,905 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Alaiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 40
1990s
40 births
- 2000s 214
2000s
214 births
- 2010s
2010s
994 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,905 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,905 births (60% of all-time use).
How Alaiya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alaiya's total volume
Alaiya by state
Where Alaiya concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 280 | 8.9% |
| #2 | California | | 258 | 8.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 227 | 7.2% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 153 | 4.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 138 | 4.4% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 126 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 105 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 101 | 3.2% |
280 of 3,153 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Alaiya appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Alaiyas (280 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alaiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
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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, 1995–2025 (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 Alaiya 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.