Alaya
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Alaya is a Hebrew name meaning “to ascend.”
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson)
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Usage of Alaya in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Alaya against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Alaya is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Alaya in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 834 girls were named Alaya, making it the #368 girls' name in the US. Since 1979, 11,095 girls have been named Alaya, with the most (915) in 2020. It is most common, relative to births, in New Mexico, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Towns named Alaya
There are 26 towns and villages with Alaya in their name, in 9 countries.
🇳🇬 Nigeria 8🇾🇪 Yemen 7🇲🇽 Mexico 3🇨🇳 China 2🇸🇾 Syria 2🇨🇲 Cameroon 1🇮🇳 India 1🇲🇱 Mali 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Al ‘Alāyā | Ḩajjah, 🇾🇪 Yemen | 5 | Map |
| Al ‘Alāyā | Ḩajjah, 🇾🇪 Yemen | 2 | Map |
| Al ‘Alāyā | Ḩajjah, 🇾🇪 Yemen | – | Map |
| Al ‘Alāyā | Ḩajjah, 🇾🇪 Yemen | – | Map |
| Al ‘Alāyā | Ḩajjah, 🇾🇪 Yemen | – | Map |
| Al ‘Alāyā | Ḩajjah, 🇾🇪 Yemen | – | Map |
| Alaya | Far North, 🇨🇲 Cameroon | – | Map |
| Alaya | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Alaya | 🇲🇱 Mali | – | Map |
| Alaya | Kwara State, 🇳🇬 Nigeria | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
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