Name meaning & stats
Alaya
Alaya means “exalted, sublime” (Arabic origin). 11,095 US babies since 1940, peak 2020.
What it means
“exalted, sublime”
ArabicSpelling of Aaliyah
In US birth records
Peak year: 2020
11,095 US babies were named Alaya between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Alaya (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 28 Aaliyahs spell it Alaya
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2020)