Alaijah

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
#3,391
2004 · 44 births
Debut · girls
1996
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
735
since 1996

Alaijah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alaijah has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #3,391, 2004girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#8,36212—
2024#6,93216—
2023#7,24715—
2022#7,28115—
2021#6,17419—
2020#6,92316—
2019#7,71614—
2018#5,00726—
2017#7,09216—
2016#5,79622—
2015#6,45219—
2014#7,30216—
2013#4,00237—
2012#3,71142—
2011#4,46632—
2010#3,88939—
2009#4,10737—
2008#4,55033—
2007#3,84841—
2006#4,68530—
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2004#3,39144#11,3565
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2002#4,62126—
2001#4,44727—
2000#6,20817—
1999#6,48415—
1998#6,36015—
1997#9,8028—
1996#7,13012—
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First appearance
1996

The first year at least five girls were named Alaijah! It came in at #7,130, and was given to 12 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1996–1997, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.

Where Alaijah is popular in 2009

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #836 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,131 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Alaijah, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#836 · 1 in 4,131

Best ever in a state: #470 in Louisiana, 2004.

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Louisiana#83651 in 4,131
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Alaijah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,430 spots since 2024 (#6,932 → #8,362)
  • 1,439 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #8,362)
  • 1,910 spots since 2015 (#6,452 → #8,362)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1996
  • Peaked 2004 at #3,391 (44 births)
  • Births halved by 2014, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 41,733
  • Highest: 1 in 41,733 girls born in 2004 were named Alaijah (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 44.8% of all girls named Alaijah (329) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s50#6,360 (1998)#7,444
2000s329#3,391 (2004)#4,348
2010s263#3,711 (2012)#5,543
2020s93#6,174 (2021)#7,153

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alaijah in 2009

girls
#4,107
37 births · 1 in 49,652 girls

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #4,107Alaijah37
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 49,652 of them was named Alaijah, which outranked 79.7% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alaijah
  1. #4,013Yzabella38
  2. #4,013Zyanna38
  3. #4,013Zyonna38
  4. #4,107Alaijah37
  5. #4,107Adelie37
  6. #4,107Airianna37
  7. #4,107Aisling37
  8. #4,196Adelyne36
  9. #4,196Adora36
  10. #4,196Aeva36

Tied with 88 names at #4,107; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2009 →