Girls' name · peaked in 2024
Alaia name popularity since 1925
17,699 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Alaia. Half of them were born in 2022 or earlier, so the typical Alaia is about 4 years old in 2026. Alaia peaked in 2024 as the #112 name for girls, and it ranked #117 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,699
- Named Alaia, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #117
- for girls in 2025 (2,318 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 17,682 girls · 17 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 3.02× its national share
Peak year is the year Alaia made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Alaia births per year, 1925–2025
2024 was the biggest year for Alaia both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2015 and 2020, Alaia became 5.9× more common, from 1 in 4,160 baby girls to 1 in 708.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Alaia's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Alaia.
Decade by decade
Babies named Alaia in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 6 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 42 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 2000s | 230 | 0 | #4,962 |
| 2010s | 3,770 | 0 | #664 |
| 2020–25 | 13,634 | 17 | #117 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
97.6% of babies named Alaia from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Alaia is most popular
The index compares Alaia's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Alaia.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 3.02× | 1,870 |
| New Jersey | 1.90× | 896 |
| Arizona | 1.81× | 402 |
| Texas | 1.75× | 2,348 |
| California | 1.48× | 2,678 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Alaia and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Alaia (this page) | 17,682 | 2024 |
| Alia | 13,996 | 2023 |
| Alaya | 11,095 | 2020 |
| Aleia | 3,223 | 2025 |
| Alaiah | 1,156 | 2020 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Alaia's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Alaia.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Alaia (2024).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data