Aleyah
Recorded 1991–2025 · United States
Aleyah was most popular in 2012, when 135 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,858 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,143, with 119 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,805 people named Aleyah.
Aleyah over time
How old is the name Aleyah?
Aleyah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1991, which makes it about 34 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 33 of the 35 years since.
How many people are named Aleyah?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,805 American births named Aleyah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,782 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Aleyah in 2025?
119 American babies were named Aleyah in 2025, ranking #3,143 that year.
Is Aleyah getting more or less popular?
Aleyah is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 120 births a year, against 118 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +1% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Aleyah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Aleyah is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,805 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Aleyah?
Roughly 2,782 Americans named Aleyah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 6 and 20.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Aleyah is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org