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Aalayah

Girl

Meaning of Aalayah: Arabic: 'high status' or 'exalted'

Aalayah is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 7 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 2915th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 2574th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2915

54 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#2574

10 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

1,276

First recorded 1994 · peak 2019

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 13 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 6 babies1997: 16 babies1998: 14 babies1999: 0 babies2000: 13 babies20002001: 22 babies2002: 28 babies2003: 24 babies2004: 31 babies2005: 15 babies2006: 33 babies2007: 31 babies2008: 33 babies2009: 48 babies2010: 36 babies20102011: 56 babies2012: 61 babies2013: 46 babies2014: 67 babies2015: 70 babies2016: 66 babies2017: 61 babies2018: 57 babies2019: 79 babies2020: 54 babies20202021: 67 babies2022: 70 babies2023: 56 babies2024: 49 babies2025: 54 babies
US babies named Aalayah per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 79.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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