Malia

Where Malia comes from

Borrowed from Hawaiian Malia (“Mary”) and in some cases from Mālia (“calm”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Malia
  • Hawaiian
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1919
    First appearance
    #4,814 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1982
    Malia Metella born
    French swimmer
  3. 2006
    Malia Baker born
    Canadian actress
  4. 2009
    Peak, #192
    1,700 babies named Malia — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hawaiian.
Namesakes
  • Malia Metella · French swimmer, born 1982
  • Malia Baker · Canadian actress, born 2006
  • Malia Pyles · American actress, born 2000
  • Malia · Malawian musician, born 1978
  • Malia Hosaka · American professional wrestler, born 1969

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.