Girls' name · since 1995
Alayha
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 240 babies named Alayha, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,961 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,352 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 240
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alayha is the #11352 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 240 recorded since 1995.
Alayha has 240 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11352 as of the latest data, more common than 34% 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 1995 to 2025.
- #17,961 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,352 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 240 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alayha ranks #17,961 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,352 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 240 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,961 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,352 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 240
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alayha's 240 recorded births place it above 75.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alayha compares
240 40th percentile among 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
Alayha's all-time total is 36% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alayha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 240 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alayha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alayha's full recorded timeline at 2014, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alayha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Alayha by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (110 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Alayha's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Alayha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s
2010s
110 births
- 2020s
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 110 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Alayha's data
- Alayha's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (110 total births) through the 2020s (57) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Alayha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~30 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, 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 Alayha 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.