Given name

Alayn

Alayn is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Alayn isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Alayn through the years

Babies since 1880
11
11 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2009
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Alayn in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2009–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 126 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Alayn, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Adain

“her mother's daughter; a mother's pride”

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>99% boys

Modern

Abrien

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>99% boys

Modern

Adharsh

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>99% boys

Modern

Bradyen

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>99% boys

Indian · Modern

Madan

“the god of love”

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>99% boys

Welsh · Modern

Ieuan

“God is gracious”

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>99% boys

Modern

Carrson

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>99% boys

Modern

Aamil

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Alayn’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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