Girls' name · since 1995
Alayjah
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 781 babies named Alayjah, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,883 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,124 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 781
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alayjah currently ranks #9124 among girls' names in America, with 781 babies recorded since 1995.
Alayjah has 781 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9124 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- 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.
- #8,883 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,124 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 781 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alayjah ranks #8,883 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,124 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 781 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,883 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,124 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 781
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alayjah's 781 recorded births place it above 87.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
How Alayjah compares
781 Top 37% higher than 63% 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
Alayjah's all-time total is 108% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alayjah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 781 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 58 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alayjah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alayjah splits its recorded history at 2010: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 58 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alayjah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Alayjah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (327 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Alayjah's strongest decade.
327 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Alayjah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 57
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
327 births
- 2010s
2010s
309 births
- 2020s 88
2020s
88 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 327 births (42% of all-time use).
How Alayjah 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 Alayjah's total volume
Alayjah by state
Where Alayjah concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 37 | 4.7% |
| #2 | California | | 26 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 26 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 12 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.8% |
37 of 781 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Alayjah's data
- Alayjah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (327 total births); usage has since declined to 88 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Alayjahs (37 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana 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 Alayjah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
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 Alayjah 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.