Fun Facts About the Name Alaysia
- More than 5 thousand babies named Alaysia: U.S. records list 5,478 babies given the name Alaysia from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Alaysia Mean?
Alaysia is generally treated as a modern English respelling of Alicia, and it carries the meaning that comes with that name: "of noble kind" or "of noble type." Alicia is a Latinized form of Alice, which descends from Old French Aalis and ultimately from the Germanic Adalheidis, a compound of adal ("noble") and heit ("kind, sort, nature"). The literal sense of the Germanic compound is a statement about noble lineage or noble nature; the loose English rendering "noble kind" reflects that customary interpretation rather than a word-for-word translation.
The spelling Alaysia signals the stressed second syllable heard in the common American pronunciation, with -aysia standing in for the "LAY" sound. That respelling is the only real difference from the older forms; the underlying name and its meaning are the same.
Alaysia Name History & Origins
Alaysia belongs to the group of English spellings of Alicia that were created by writing the name the way it sounds. Alicia itself is a Latinized form of the medieval French Aalis / Alis, and as a given name it became common in Spain and Latin America, where it is pronounced with a th or s sound in the middle, and in the English-speaking world, where it is usually said "uh-LEE-shuh." Alongside it, English speakers produced variants such as Alesha, Alisha, Aleisha, Alaysha, and Alaysia, each reflecting a slightly different way of spelling the same spoken name.
The distinctive feature of Alaysia is the -ay- in the second syllable, which points to a pronunciation with a long "a" there instead of the "ee" of traditional Alicia. Spellings of this kind became noticeably more common in the United States during the later 20th century, when respelled versions of established names appeared frequently. The name's written form also happens to overlap with the separate name Asia, but there is no documented evidence that Alaysia developed as a blend of the two, and the usual explanation treats it as a spelling of Alicia.
The similar-looking place name Alésia - the Gallo-Roman town site in France, now Alise-Sainte-Riene - is a geographic name of Celtic origin and is not related to the personal name Alaysia or to Alicia.
How Popular is the Name Alaysia?
Alaysia recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2014. Its best rank was #946 in 2012.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,256 | 81 | 0.0050% |
| 2024 | #2,034 | 95 | 0.0059% |
| 2023 | #1,518 | 141 | 0.0088% |
| 2022 | #1,755 | 118 | 0.0072% |
| 2021 | #1,629 | 128 | 0.0078% |
| 2020 | #1,473 | 145 | 0.0090% |
| 2019 | #1,283 | 180 | 0.0107% |
| 2018 | #1,279 | 179 | 0.0105% |
| 2017 | #1,148 | 216 | 0.0125% |
| 2016 | #1,118 | 226 | 0.0128% |
| 2015 | #1,055 | 249 | 0.0140% |
| 2014 | #972 | 274 | 0.0153% |
| 2013 | #986 | 254 | 0.0145% |
| 2012 | #946 | 269 | 0.0153% |
| 2011 | #1,067 | 231 | 0.0131% |
| 2010 | #997 | 252 | 0.0142% |
| 2009 | #1,314 | 184 | 0.0100% |
| 2008 | #1,265 | 197 | 0.0104% |
| 2007 | #1,162 | 220 | 0.0114% |
| 2006 | #1,252 | 192 | 0.0101% |
| 2005 | #1,328 | 165 | 0.0089% |
| 2004 | #1,127 | 202 | 0.0110% |
| 2003 | #1,177 | 183 | 0.0100% |
| 2002 | #1,120 | 186 | 0.0104% |
| 2001 | #1,084 | 196 | 0.0109% |
| 2000 | #1,154 | 175 | 0.0096% |
| 1999 | #1,379 | 128 | 0.0072% |
| 1998 | #1,675 | 95 | 0.0054% |
| 1997 | #1,767 | 85 | 0.0049% |
| 1996 | #2,340 | 56 | 0.0032% |
| 1995 | #2,553 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 1994 | #2,628 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 1993 | #3,589 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1992 | #4,239 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1991 | #5,955 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1990 | #7,312 | 11 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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