Malia
- #349 for girls in 2025, 872 births
- Peak · girls
- 2009 · 1,700 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 31,606since 1919
Malia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Malia has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 5 girls in 1919 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #349 | 872 |
| 2024 | #328 | 948 |
| 2023 | #273 | 1,146 |
| 2022 | #265 | 1,191 |
| 2021 | #256 | 1,204 |
| 2020 | #259 | 1,172 |
| 2019 | #262 | 1,264 |
| 2018 | #255 | 1,280 |
| 2017 | #215 | 1,429 |
| 2016 | #258 | 1,237 |
| 2015 | #315 | 1,031 |
| 2014 | #348 | 955 |
| 2013 | #336 | 959 |
| 2012 | #353 | 899 |
| 2011 | #313 | 1,011 |
| 2010 | #301 | 1,075 |
| 2009 | #192 | 1,700 |
| 2008 | #343 | 968 |
| 2007 | #399 | 817 |
| 2006 | #406 | 784 |
| 2005 | #418 | 741 |
| 2004 | #449 | 681 |
| 2003 | #425 | 706 |
| 2002 | #428 | 682 |
| 2001 | #476 | 585 |
| 2000 | #498 | 541 |
| 1999 | #584 | 423 |
| 1998 | #653 | 353 |
| 1997 | #700 | 308 |
| 1996 | #779 | 269 |
| 1995 | #857 | 227 |
| 1994 | #975 | 190 |
| 1993 | #1,034 | 178 |
| 1992 | #999 | 189 |
| 1991 | #1,016 | 181 |
| 1990 | #1,100 | 159 |
| 1989 | #1,037 | 165 |
| 1988 | #1,099 | 142 |
| 1987 | #1,106 | 136 |
| 1986 | #1,254 | 108 |
| 1985 | #1,109 | 130 |
| 1984 | #988 | 146 |
| 1983 | #968 | 151 |
| 1982 | #919 | 164 |
| 1981 | #971 | 151 |
| 1980 | #990 | 149 |
| 1979 | #1,030 | 136 |
| 1978 | #976 | 142 |
| 1977 | #933 | 149 |
| 1976 | #1,117 | 107 |
| 1975 | #1,219 | 94 |
| 1974 | #1,157 | 99 |
| 1973 | #1,312 | 77 |
| 1972 | #1,181 | 91 |
| 1971 | #1,473 | 69 |
| 1970 | #1,544 | 63 |
| 1969 | #1,465 | 64 |
| 1968 | #1,776 | 44 |
| 1967 | #1,495 | 56 |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 |
| 1965 | #1,463 | 57 |
| 1964 | #1,947 | 37 |
| 1963 | #1,754 | 43 |
| 1962 | #1,651 | 47 |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 |
| 1957 | #1,376 | 59 |
| 1956 | #1,260 | 68 |
| 1955 | #1,074 | 88 |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 |
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| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
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| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
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| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
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First appearance
1919
The first year at least five girls were named Malia! It came in at #4,814, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1953, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Malia is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Hawaii#19 · 1 in 119
- New Mexico#159 · 1 in 519
- Montana#168 · 1 in 471
- Nevada#178 · 1 in 657
- Rhode Island#180 · 1 in 490
Best ever in a state: #6 in Hawaii, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #19 | 18 | 1 in 119 |
| New Mexico | #159 | 9 | 1 in 519 |
| Montana | #168 | 6 | 1 in 471 |
| Nevada | #178 | 14 | 1 in 657 |
| Rhode Island | #180 | 5 | 1 in 490 |
| Maryland | #242 | 21 | 1 in 952 |
| California | #263 | 126 | 1 in 1,284 |
| Virginia | #263 | 31 | 1 in 1,088 |
| Washington | #273 | 26 | 1 in 1,110 |
| Idaho | #277 | 8 | 1 in 896 |
| Indiana | #278 | 25 | 1 in 1,116 |
| New Jersey | #286 | 29 | 1 in 1,224 |
| Florida | #304 | 61 | 1 in 1,422 |
| Georgia | #323 | 33 | 1 in 1,370 |
| Pennsylvania | #328 | 33 | 1 in 1,415 |
| Utah | #330 | 13 | 1 in 1,314 |
| Arkansas | #335 | 9 | 1 in 1,177 |
| Nebraska | #335 | 6 | 1 in 1,183 |
| Massachusetts | #353 | 16 | 1 in 1,502 |
| Oregon | #353 | 10 | 1 in 1,305 |
| Iowa | #354 | 9 | 1 in 1,308 |
| Arizona | #357 | 19 | 1 in 1,485 |
| Michigan | #374 | 23 | 1 in 1,554 |
| Mississippi | #384 | 7 | 1 in 1,271 |
| Colorado | #389 | 15 | 1 in 1,555 |
| Connecticut | #393 | 7 | 1 in 1,643 |
| Minnesota | #397 | 13 | 1 in 1,652 |
| Oklahoma | #398 | 10 | 1 in 1,478 |
| Illinois | #417 | 25 | 1 in 1,773 |
| Louisiana | #426 | 10 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Ohio | #430 | 26 | 1 in 1,818 |
| Wisconsin | #447 | 11 | 1 in 1,842 |
| North Carolina | #453 | 24 | 1 in 1,937 |
| South Carolina | #467 | 10 | 1 in 1,829 |
| Missouri | #480 | 12 | 1 in 2,025 |
| Alabama | #481 | 10 | 1 in 1,832 |
| Texas | #487 | 66 | 1 in 2,432 |
| New York | #518 | 32 | 1 in 2,448 |
| Tennessee | #568 | 13 | 1 in 2,467 |
| Kentucky | #570 | 7 | 1 in 2,464 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Malia
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 90 spots since 2020 (#259 → #349)
- Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1977
- Biggest drop: 121 spots in 1985
Rise & fade · girls
90 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 2009 at #192 (1,700 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 40 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1994–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,081
- Highest: 1 in 1,081 girls born in 2009 were named Malia (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,843 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 35.2% of all girls named Malia (11,140) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,814 (1919) | #4,814 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,960 (1946) | #4,960 |
| 1950s | 323 | #1,074 (1955) | #2,155 |
| 1960s | 449 | #1,463 (1965) | #1,758 |
| 1970s | 1,027 | #933 (1977) | #1,194 |
| 1980s | 1,442 | #919 (1982) | #1,044 |
| 1990s | 2,477 | #584 (1999) | #870 |
| 2000s | 8,205 | #192 (2009) | #403 |
| 2010s | 11,140 | #215 (2017) | #296 |
| 2020s | 6,533 | #256 (2021) | #288 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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