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“Variant of Alaia — Joyful” — Basque origin
Girl's name · #412 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Alayah is near its high-water mark: it reached #278 in 2020 and still ranked #412 in 2025. About 12,000 girls have carried it since 1992. Together with its spelling variants Alaia (#117), Alaya (#368), and Alaiya (#792), Alayah 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: about 1 in 590 girls in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 1,200 girls in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 2,300 girls in England & Wales (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Similar names: Alaiyah · Gracelynn · Alannah · Malayah · Alia · Amayah
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