Meaning and history
Alaia is a Basque feminine name meaning joyful or happy. It has a separate modern English use that may also have been influenced by the fashion house of Tunisian-French designer Azzedine Alaia. The name has grown internationally in recent decades; a modern bearer is American model Alaia Baldwin.
20062006: 18 births, rank #6,840
2007: 36 births, rank #4,213
2008: 37 births, rank #4,179
2009: 44 births, rank #3,619
2010: 41 births, rank #3,745
20112011: 46 births, rank #3,452
2012: 54 births, rank #3,094
2013: 55 births, rank #3,005
2014: 66 births, rank #2,648
2015: 429 births, rank #664
20162016: 487 births, rank #615
2017: 461 births, rank #637
2018: 527 births, rank #583
2019: 1,604 births, rank #184
2020: 2,282 births, rank #120
20212021: 2,219 births, rank #128
2022: 2,081 births, rank #139
2023: 2,305 births, rank #120
2024: 2,429 births, rank #112
20252025: 2,318 births, rank #117
Alaia moved from #112 to #117 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2024, with 2,429 births.