Name meaning & stats
Alayah
Alayah means “exalted, sublime” (Arabic origin). 12,228 US babies since 1940, peak 2020.
What it means
“exalted, sublime”
ArabicSpelling of Aaliyah
In US birth records
Peak year: 2020
12,228 US babies were named Alayah between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Alayah (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 25 Aaliyahs spell it Alayah
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2020)