Girls' name · since 1979
Alaya
Alaya has 11,095 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,561 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #368 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,095
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alaya currently ranks #368 among girls' names in America, with 11,095 babies recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Alaya recorded 11,095 times among girls since 1979, holding rank #368 nationally today, ahead of 98% 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 1979 to 2025.
- #1,561 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #368 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 11,095 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alaya ranks #1,561 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #368 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 11,095 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,561 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #368 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,095
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alaya's 11,095 recorded births place it above 97.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alaya compares
11,095 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Alaya's all-time total is 30x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11,095 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 915 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alaya's full recorded timeline at 2005, 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 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 915 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 915
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Alaya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (5,044 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Alaya's strongest decade.
5,044 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Alaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 41
1980s
41 births
- 1990s 324
1990s
324 births
- 2000s 1,616
2000s
1,616 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,065 births
- 2020s
2020s
5,044 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 5,044 births (45% of all-time use).
How Alaya 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 Alaya's total volume
Alaya by state
Where Alaya concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,009 | 9.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 987 | 8.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 766 | 6.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 513 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 496 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 473 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 473 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 457 | 4.1% |
1,009 of 11,095 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Alaya appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Alayas (1,009 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Alaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Alaya 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.