Alaiyah is a modern American spelling that blends Aaliyah, the Arabic name meaning "exalted" or "lofty", with the fashionable Alaia. The many spellings of this sound, from Aliyah to Alayah, have been a staple of American naming since the singer Aaliyah's rise in the 1990s. Alaiyah climbed from number 2209 in 2015 to a peak of number 1181 in 2021 and ranks at number 1593 in 2025.