Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Alaia

Gender

Female

Origin

Arabic
Sublime.

Pronunciation

a-laia

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #10695, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #112, 2,425 births); most recent 2025 (rank #117, 2,318 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202562,318
2024–2,425
2023–2,305
202252,080
2021–2,218
202062,282
2019–1,603
2018–526
2017–461
2016–487

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #262, 181 births); most recent 2025 (rank #279, 163 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025163
2024171
2023142
2022170
2021163
2020181
2019104
201836
201728
201633

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #456, 119 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023119
202279
202159
202070
201952
201834
201725
201615
201518
20149

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #406, 9 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
20249
20235
20228
20218
20208
20198
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #324, 10 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
202510
202410
20237
20229
202110
20205
20196
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #290, 5 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
20255
20244
2023–
20223
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #294, 11 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
202311
20226
20216
20207
20198
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence