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How popular is the name Alayah?

Births per year, rank history and how many Alayahs are alive today.

Alayah (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 388th in 2025 with 109 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2024, when 125 babies were given the name, the 351st most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Alayah you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Alayahs born in England and Wales are between 3 and 9, and there are at least 1,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Alayah - on average, only one in every 315 such rooms contains a Alayah.

How many babies are named Alayah each year?

050100200020201997: 32002: 62004: 52006: 62007: 42008: 42009: 62010: 82011: 162012: 142013: 322014: 312015: 322016: 332017: 682018: 712019: 732020: 812021: 1102022: 1012023: 1022024: 1252025: 109actual

Where does Alayah rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201997: ranked 3,8242002: ranked 2,5402004: ranked 3,1972006: ranked 3,1162007: ranked 4,2942008: ranked 4,5242009: ranked 3,4222010: ranked 2,8432011: ranked 1,7292012: ranked 1,9912013: ranked 1,0982014: ranked 1,1202015: ranked 1,0882016: ranked 1,0572017: ranked 6162018: ranked 5832019: ranked 5542020: ranked 5012021: ranked 4042022: ranked 4192023: ranked 4042024: ranked 3512025: ranked 388

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Alayah per year in England and Wales, 1997 to 2025, peaking at about 125 in 2024
Alayah: births per year in England and Wales, 1997-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Alayah most popular?

Alayah peaked in 2024, when 125 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Alayah?

At least 1,000 people named Alayah born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Alayah?

Most living Alayahs are between 3 and 9; the most common age is about 2.

Is Alayah becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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