Girls' name · since 1992
Alayah
Alayah has 12,228 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,475 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #412 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,228
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alayah is the #412 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 12,228 recorded since 1992.
Alayah has 12,228 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #412 as of the latest data, more common than 98% 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 1992 to 2025.
- #1,475 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #412 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,228 born since 1992
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alayah ranks #1,475 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #412 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,228 born since 1992, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,475 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #412 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,228
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alayah's 12,228 recorded births place it above 97.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alayah compares
12,228 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
Alayah's all-time total is 33x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,228 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,136 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alayah's full recorded timeline at 2009, 89% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 11% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 10 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 1,136 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 1,136
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Alayah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (5,316 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Alayah's strongest decade.
5,316 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Alayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 208
1990s
208 births
- 2000s 1,397
2000s
1,397 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,316 births
- 2020s
2020s
5,307 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 5,316 births (43% of all-time use).
How Alayah 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 Alayah's total volume
Alayah by state
Where Alayah concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,240 | 10.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,106 | 9.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 793 | 6.5% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 637 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 630 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 583 | 4.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 511 | 4.2% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 479 | 3.9% |
1,240 of 12,228 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Alayah appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alayah's data
- Alayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (5,316 total births) through the 2020s (5,307) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Alayahs (1,240 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alayah: 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 (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Alayah 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.