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“Joyful” — Basque origin
Girl's name · #117 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Alaia reached its best rank, #112, in 2024 and ranked #117 in 2025. About 18,000 girls have carried it since 1986. Together with its spelling variants Alaya (#368), Alayah (#412), and Alaiya (#792), Alaia would rank around #49 with about 4,300 births last year — the newborns split about 54/20/18/8 across Alaia, Alaya, Alayah, and Alaiya.
Around the world: #20 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #62 in Spain (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 45 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Similar names: Alaya · Everleigh · Alani · Kaia · Freya · Malaya
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