Name meaning & stats
Alaiya
Alaiya means “exalted, sublime” (Arabic origin). 3,153 US babies since 1940, peak 2021.
What it means
“exalted, sublime”
ArabicSpelling of Aaliyah
In US birth records
Peak year: 2021
3,153 US babies were named Alaiya between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Alaiya (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 97 Aaliyahs spell it Alaiya
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2021)