Alaia is a girl's name of English origin meaning “high, exalted and joyful.” In 2024 it was given to 2,425 girls in the United States.
Alaia belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “high, exalted and joyful” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Alaia first appears in Social Security records in 1986. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #112 in 2024, and in 2024 2,425 babies received the name — 15,356 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Alaia means “high, exalted and joyful” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Alaia is a girl name. In 2024, 2,425 babies received the name in the US.
Alaia comes from the English & American tradition.
Alaia first appears in US records in 1986. Its best-ever ranking was #112 in 2024, and 2,425 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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