Girls' name · since 1997
Alayza
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 307 babies named Alayza, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,692 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,607 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 307
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alayza is the #8607 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 307 recorded since 1997.
Alayza has 307 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8607 as of the latest data, more common than 50% 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 1997 to 2025.
- #15,692 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,607 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 307 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alayza ranks #15,692 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,607 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 307 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,692 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,607 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 307
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alayza's 307 recorded births place it above 78.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Alayza compares
307 46th 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
Alayza's all-time total is 18% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alayza | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 307 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alayza's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alayza splits its recorded history at 2012: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1997 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alayza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Alayza by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (136 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Alayza's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Alayza births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s
2010s
136 births
- 2020s
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 136 births (44% of all-time use).
Alayza by state
Where Alayza concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 59 | 19.2% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.6% |
59 of 307 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Alayza's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (136 total births) through the 2020s (74) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Alayzas (59 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Alayza: 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 (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Alayza 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.