Alaiya
Alaiya is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Alaiya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alaiya is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Alaiya
American parents first put Alaiya on the record books as a baby girl name in 1995, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2021, when 396 Alaiyas were born — ranking #720 that year. About 62% of every Alaiya on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Alaiya ranks #1,038 for baby girls with 240 births, gradually falling (-5%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Alaiya
Alaiya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Alaiya's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #720. Use the chart and map above to compare Alaiya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.