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Alaia
Rank in 2024
#112
Born in 2024
2,425
Peak year
2024 · #112
Origin
Basque
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,425 girls were named Alaia, about 1 in every 665.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It first shows up in the records in 1986.
- 15,356 girls have been named Alaia since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Alaia per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- 0Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 33 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 386 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 14,937 babies, 0.74 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed in the 21st century from Basque Alaia, from alai (“joyful”). For earlier use among English-speakers, compare Hebrew עֲלִיָּה ('alīyá, “ascent”), Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya, “high, exalted”).
- A female given name from Basque.
- Origin
- Basque
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Alaia, CC BY-SA 4.0.