Aleyah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Aleyah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Aleyah: Recorded since 1998, it reached #1,618 in 2020, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1618highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3142
2001	#2783
2002	#3409
2003	#3594
2004	#4598
2005	#2682
2008	#5545
2009	#3422
2010	#3533
2011	#4049
2012	#2338
2013	#3536
2014	#2659
2015	#3252
2016	#2966
2017	#2502
2018	#1788
2019	#1782
2020	#1618
2021	#2073
2022	#2673
2023	#2504
2024	#2253

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3142 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1618 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Aleyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Aleyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	32	7 of 10	5
2010s	94	10 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	62	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Aleyah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1618 in England and Wales in 2020.

Aleyah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1618	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1782	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,618, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
17 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,253position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

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Kubra · #1617, 22y
Llio · #1617, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Breeze · #1617, 22y
Delaney · #1617, 29y
Kubra · #1617, 22y
Llio · #1617, 25y

Aleyah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Aleyah without appearing here.

Aleyah moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #5666.
Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Hennie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.
Carmel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Aleyah

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2073 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #1452.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #2893.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #1628.

Moved the opposite way to Aleyah

Finlay Compare
Between 1998 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Aleyah went from #3142 to #1788 while Finlay went from #995 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1998 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Aleyah went from #3142 to #1788 while Helene went from #1823 to #4684.
Jayden Compare
Between 1998 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Aleyah went from #3142 to #1788 while Jayden went from #1823 to #5666.
Kristy Compare
Between 1998 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Aleyah went from #3142 to #1788 while Kristy went from #683 to #5666.

Moved the same way as Aleyah

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aleyah went from #4598 to #2253 and Eabha from #4598 to #1262.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1618 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aleyah

Aleyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aleyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Aleyah appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Aleyah at a glance

Aleyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Aleyah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Aleyah and the names beside it

Aleyah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Aleyah

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