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Alayah

Meaning
Joyful
Origin
Variant of Alaia (from Basque)

Girl's name · #412 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

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.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#151 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #260 in N. Ireland (2025) · #388 in England & Wales (2025) · #478 in Scotland (2025) · #610 in Ireland (2025) · #867 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,430 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,369 in France (2025) · #963 in Canada (2024).

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Spellings & nicknames

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.

Similar names: Alaiyah · Gracelynn · Alannah · Malayah · Alia · Amayah

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