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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202022peak #784, 2013girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 2022

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,464 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,340 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #881 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,632 girlsMINew York: #1,411 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,897 girlsNYMassachusetts: #669 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,503 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: #927 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,688 girlsINOhio: #1,244 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,938 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,397 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,596 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,413 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 9,654 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: #728 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,460 girlsMOKentucky: #734 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,372 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #853 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,359 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedAZNew 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: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #734 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,956 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedLAMississippi: #544 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,942 girlsMSAlabama: #663 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,742 girlsALGeorgia: #852 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,163 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maliah, so not publishedHITexas: #1,266 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 7,751 girlsTXFlorida: #808 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,307 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#544 · 1 in 1,942
  2. Alabama#663 · 1 in 2,742
  3. Massachusetts#669 · 1 in 3,503
  4. Missouri#728 · 1 in 3,460
  5. Oklahoma#734 · 1 in 2,956

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#54451 in 1,942
Alabama#66371 in 2,742
Massachusetts#66971 in 3,503
Missouri#72871 in 3,460
Kentucky#73451 in 3,372
Oklahoma#73451 in 2,956
Florida#808201 in 4,307
Georgia#852111 in 4,163
Virginia#85381 in 4,359
Michigan#88181 in 4,632
Indiana#92761 in 4,688
Ohio#1,24461 in 7,938
Texas#1,266211 in 7,751
Pennsylvania#1,39751 in 9,596
New York#1,41191 in 8,897
California#1,413181 in 9,654
Illinois#1,46451 in 9,340
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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 2022

girls
#1,159
209 births · 1 in 7,848 girls

Top girls' names in 2022

  1. #1Olivia16,670
  2. #2Emma14,512
  3. #3Charlotte12,952
  4. #4Amelia12,415
  5. #5Sophia12,382
  6. #6Isabella11,761
  7. #7Ava11,107
  8. #8Mia11,077
  9. #9Evelyn9,332
  10. #10Luna8,977
  11. #1,159Maliah209
More about 2022

girls

1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 7,848 of them was named Maliah, which outranked 93.5% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maliah
  1. #1,152Sonia211
  2. #1,157Betty210
  3. #1,157Dalilah210
  4. #1,159Maliah209
  5. #1,159Aislinn209
  6. #1,159Lillianna209
  7. #1,159Paityn209
  8. #1,163Cara208
  9. #1,163Kamora208
  10. #1,163Perla208

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

Biggest movers since 2021
Risers
  1. ↑ 698Wrenlee#1,410 → #712
  2. ↑ 686Neriah#1,680 → #994
  3. ↑ 487Arlet#1,229 → #742
  4. ↑ 424Georgina#1,304 → #880
  5. ↑ 413Amiri#1,293 → #880
Fallers
  1. ↓ 282Tatiana#992 → #1,274
  2. ↓ 245Alaiya#721 → #966
  3. ↓ 239Aarna#967 → #1,206
  4. ↓ 231Jaylene#975 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 227Aviana#521 → #748

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

See the top 100 for 2022 →