Maliah

Where Maliah comes from

Probably a respelling of Malia.
— Wiktionary's entry for Maliah
Along the way
  1. 1991
    First appearance
    #10,271 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2013
    Peak, #784
    347 babies named Maliah — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,664.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

No widely known Maliah turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.