Declining since 2022, #11,932 for girls today.
Popularity of Aleynah since 2007
Babies named Aleynah per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 2013, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Aleynah's real moment was 2022.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 7 |
| 2010s | 95 |
| 2020s | 51 |
Meaning & origin
Aleynah emerged as a distinctive spelling in the U.S. around 2007, reflecting a broader trend of modern, phonetic respellings of established names. Its earliest recorded year was 2007, and it saw a steady rise in use, peaking in 2022 at rank 11,932. Since then, its trajectory has been falling, indicating a shift away from the name's peak. With an approximate frequency of 1 in 229,610 births in 2025, it remains a rare choice. The name's top states are not listed, suggesting a fairly even geographic distribution. The rise and fall of Aleynah mirrors the pattern of many creatively spelled names that experience a short burst of popularity before declining.
Aleynah is a modern spelling variant of Alayna, which itself is a contemporary elaboration of the name Alana. Alana may derive from the Irish name Ailín, meaning 'little rock', or from the Old German name Alaina. Alternatively, it could be a form of Helen, from the Greek Helene, meaning 'torch' or 'light'. The spelling with 'ey' and 'ah' reflects a trend of unique respellings that gained popularity in the early 2000s.
“Aleynah” around the world
Where Aleynah lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
France
5
babies in 2024
Sources: INSEE (France).
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Layna, Ley, Lena
Sibling names for Aleynah
Names that share Aleynah's style, for a brother or sister.
