How Many People Are Named Alaia?
people named Alaia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 19,407 people in the US has this name
Based on 17,699 babies named Alaia in Social Security records from 1986 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,429 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "joyful, happy" in Basque.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Alaia (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alaia alive today is about 4 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 1 and 5 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alaia first appears in the records in 1986 and was given most often in 2024, to 2,429 babies. In 2025, 2,324 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1986 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alaia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #112, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #117.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #117 |
| Best rank | #112 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #125 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alaia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alaia were born in California than in any other state: about 2,665 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alaia was given 3.1 times as often in Rhode Island, 2 times in New Jersey and 1.7 times in Florida.
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