Maliah

#1,684 for girls in 2025, 122 births

Peak · girls
2013 · 347 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,394
since 1991

Maliah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Maliah has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #784, 2013girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,684122
2024#1,664123
2023#1,186202
2022#1,159209
2021#1,162210
2020#1,093223
2019#933283
2018#999261
2017#928285
2016#891315
2015#923297
2014#941287
2013#784347
2012#924278
2011#902289
2010#928279
2009#795356
2008#1,405169
2007#1,579143
2006#1,978101
2005#2,22582
2004#2,34573
2003#2,18779
2002#2,00487
2001#2,57159
2000#2,48061
1999#3,18840
1998#3,49734
1997#3,36534
1996#5,53117
1995#7,04112
1994#7,09712
1993#9,5598
1992#8,06510
1991#10,2717
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First appearance
1991

The first year at least five girls were named Maliah! It came in at #10,271, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1991–1993, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.

Where Maliah is popular in 2014

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedNHWashington: #1,100 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,280 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #681 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,527 girlsMNIllinois: #826 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,536 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #822 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,686 girlsMINew York: #805 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,402 girlsNYMassachusetts: #645 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,627 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedIAIndiana: #1,027 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,108 girlsINOhio: #1,033 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,618 girlsOHPennsylvania: #943 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,912 girlsPANew Jersey: #594 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,092 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #979 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 6,167 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedNEMissouri: #827 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,518 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,023 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,220 girlsVAMaryland: #527 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,431 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedDEArizona: #778 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,963 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedARTennessee: #750 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,889 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #708 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,760 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #737 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,652 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #648 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,986 girlsLAMississippi: #549 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,254 girlsMSAlabama: #789 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,869 girlsALGeorgia: #955 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,356 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedHITexas: #1,292 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 8,778 girlsTXFlorida: #766 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,407 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#527 · 1 in 2,431
  2. Mississippi#549 · 1 in 2,254
  3. New Jersey#594 · 1 in 3,092
  4. Massachusetts#645 · 1 in 3,627
  5. Louisiana#648 · 1 in 2,986

Best ever in a state: #304 in Connecticut, 2016.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#527101 in 2,431
Mississippi#54951 in 2,254
New Jersey#594121 in 3,092
Massachusetts#64571 in 3,627
Louisiana#64871 in 2,986
Minnesota#68171 in 3,527
North Carolina#708121 in 3,760
South Carolina#73751 in 3,652
Tennessee#75081 in 3,889
Florida#766191 in 4,407
Arizona#77881 in 3,963
Alabama#78951 in 3,869
New York#805211 in 4,402
Michigan#82291 in 4,686
Illinois#826131 in 4,536
Missouri#82761 in 4,518
Pennsylvania#94391 in 5,912
Georgia#95591 in 5,356
California#979341 in 6,167
Virginia#1,02361 in 6,220
Indiana#1,02751 in 6,108
Ohio#1,03381 in 6,618
Washington#1,10051 in 6,280
Texas#1,292191 in 8,778
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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 Maliah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 20 spots since 2024 (#1,664 → #1,684)
  • 591 spots since 2020 (#1,093 → #1,684)
  • 761 spots since 2015 (#923 → #1,684)
  • Biggest jump: 610 spots in 2009 (#1,405 → #795)
  • Biggest drop: 160 spots in 2020 (#933 → #1,093)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1991
  • Peaked 2013 at #784 (347 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2009–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,057
  • Highest: 1 in 5,057 girls born in 2013 were named Maliah (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,174 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 54.2% of all girls named Maliah (2,921) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s174#3,188 (1999)#6,402
2000s1,210#795 (2009)#1,957
2010s2,921#784 (2013)#915
2020s1,089#1,093 (2020)#1,325

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.

Maliah in 2014

girls
#941
287 births · 1 in 6,224 girls

Top girls' names in 2014

  1. #1Emma20,970
  2. #2Olivia19,840
  3. #3Sophia18,644
  4. #4Isabella17,136
  5. #5Ava15,727
  6. #6Mia13,534
  7. #7Emily12,670
  8. #8Abigail12,114
  9. #9Madison10,333
  10. #10Charlotte10,123
  11. #941Maliah287
More about 2014

girls

1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 6,224 of them was named Maliah, which outranked 95.1% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maliah
  1. #933Reina289
  2. #939Clementine288
  3. #939Scarlette288
  4. #941Maliah287
  5. #941Frida287
  6. #941Marleigh287
  7. #944Alisa286
  8. #944Alisson286
  9. #944Ann286

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
  2. ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
  3. ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
  4. ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
  5. ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Miley#386 → #787
  2. ↓ 345Karly#988 → #1,333
  3. ↓ 318Britney#838 → #1,156
  4. ↓ 239Kaya#761 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 235Rihanna#938 → #1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2014 →