Alaya
#1,523 most common girls' name of all time · #2,629 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1979–2025
Rank among girls
#1,523
Rank overall
#2,629 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
11,095
Since 2016
7,173
Peak year
2020 #338
Best rank
#338 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 915/yr
Alaya first appears in 1979. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 834 | — | 834 | #368 |
| 2024 | 866 | — | 866 | #362 |
| 2023 | 746 | — | 746 | #410 |
| 2022 | 795 | — | 795 | #394 |
| 2021 | 888 | — | 888 | #350 |
| 2020 | 915 | — | 915 | #338 |
| 2019 | 782 | — | 782 | #394 |
| 2018 | 487 | — | 487 | #616 |
| 2017 | 452 | — | 452 | #659 |
| 2016 | 408 | — | 408 | #703 |
| 2015 | 389 | — | 389 | #731 |
| 2014 | 347 | — | 347 | #806 |
| 2013 | 338 | — | 338 | #800 |
| 2012 | 328 | — | 328 | #820 |
| 2011 | 292 | — | 292 | #895 |
| 2010 | 242 | — | 242 | #1,034 |
| 2009 | 300 | — | 300 | #908 |
| 2008 | 236 | — | 236 | #1,103 |
| 2007 | 186 | — | 186 | #1,314 |
| 2006 | 198 | — | 198 | #1,219 |
| 2005 | 161 | — | 161 | #1,354 |
| 2004 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,662 |
| 2003 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,638 |
| 2002 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,863 |
| 2001 | 127 | — | 127 | #1,485 |
| 2000 | 77 | — | 77 | #2,118 |
| 1999 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,665 |
| 1998 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,751 |
| 1997 | 52 | — | 52 | #2,505 |
| 1996 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,700 |
| 1995 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,970 |
| 1994 | 36 | — | 36 | #3,225 |
| 1993 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,349 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,892 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,285 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,768 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,221 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,193 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,055 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,335 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,783 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,536 |