Alayah — #417 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Alayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,464 babies named Alayah between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alayah currently holds the #417 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 1,134 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alayah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 5,316 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Alayah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,172 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Alayah in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alayah 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 11,464 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.