Maliyah

#626 for girls in 2025, 467 births

Peak · girls
2009 · 1,117 births
Debut · girls
21 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,359
since 1994

Maliyah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Maliyah has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #295, 2009girls
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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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rankbirths
2025#626467
2024#588515
2023#531572
2022#524595
2021#527586
2020#464665
2019#408766
2018#420740
2017#395790
2016#429758
2015#434728
2014#436735
2013#389799
2012#380823
2011#351912
2010#358890
2009#2951,117
2008#640481
2007#762384
2006#869306
2005#853296
2004#926260
2003#827296
2002#898249
2001#1,111190
2000#1,491123
1999#1,82887
1998#1,94078
1997#2,04569
1996#3,14937
1995#4,21724
1994#4,68721
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First appearance
1994

The first year at least five girls were named Maliyah! It came in at #4,687, and was given to 21 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1994–1995, when fewer than 25 girls a year got the name.

Where Maliyah is popular in 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedNHWashington: #463 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,220 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #932 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,299 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #723 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,909 girlsMINew York: #1,837 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,351 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedIAIndiana: #921 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,481 girlsINOhio: #491 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,067 girlsOHPennsylvania: #903 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,065 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,148 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,439 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #895 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 6,126 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedUTColorado: #853 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,046 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedNEMissouri: #534 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,163 girlsMOKentucky: #538 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,283 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #706 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,505 girlsVAMaryland: #547 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,031 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedDEArizona: #1,074 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,743 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedNMKansas: #544 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,732 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedARTennessee: #585 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,378 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #767 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,833 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #448 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,119 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #566 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,773 girlsOKLouisiana: #567 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,967 girlsLAMississippi: #341 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,442 girlsMSAlabama: #436 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,182 girlsALGeorgia: #657 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,826 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedHITexas: #1,082 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 7,527 girlsTXFlorida: #956 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,652 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#341 · 1 in 1,442
  2. Alabama#436 · 1 in 2,182
  3. South Carolina#448 · 1 in 2,119
  4. Washington#463 · 1 in 2,220
  5. Ohio#491 · 1 in 3,067

Best ever in a state: #69 in Mississippi, 2009.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#34181 in 1,442
Alabama#43691 in 2,182
South Carolina#44881 in 2,119
Washington#463131 in 2,220
Ohio#491191 in 3,067
Missouri#53491 in 3,163
Kentucky#53861 in 3,283
Kansas#54451 in 2,732
Maryland#54781 in 3,031
Oklahoma#56661 in 2,773
Louisiana#56771 in 2,967
Tennessee#58591 in 3,378
Georgia#657131 in 3,826
Virginia#70681 in 4,505
Michigan#723101 in 4,909
North Carolina#76791 in 4,833
Colorado#85351 in 5,046
California#895371 in 6,126
Pennsylvania#90381 in 7,065
Indiana#92151 in 6,481
Illinois#932111 in 6,299
Florida#956121 in 6,652
Arizona#1,07451 in 6,743
Texas#1,082211 in 7,527
New Jersey#1,14851 in 8,439
New York#1,83761 in 16,351
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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 Maliyah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 38 spots since 2024 (#588#626)
  • 162 spots since 2020 (#464#626)
  • 192 spots since 2015 (#434#626)
  • Biggest jump: 345 spots in 2009 (#640#295)
  • Biggest drop: 99 spots in 2004 (#827#926)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1994
  • Peaked 2009 at #295 (1,117 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 2002–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,645
  • Highest: 1 in 1,645 girls born in 2009 were named Maliyah (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,442 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 51.7% of all girls named Maliyah (7,941) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s316#1,828 (1999)#2,978
2000s3,702#295 (2009)#867
2010s7,941#351 (2011)#400
2020s3,400#464 (2020)#543

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.

Maliyah in 2003

girls
#827
296 births · 1 in 6,173 girls

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #827Maliyah296
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 6,173 of them was named Maliyah, which outranked 95.5% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maliyah
  1. #824Makena298
  2. #825Johana297
  3. #825Lacy297
  4. #827Maliyah296
  5. #827Sandy296
  6. #829Monserrat294
  7. #829Savana294
  8. #831Kacie293

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

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. 1,689Laci#2,126#437
  2. 1,528Karyme#2,467#939
  3. 1,500Roselyn#2,467#967
  4. 1,326Kaydence#2,310#984
  5. 1,170Sherlyn#2,081#911
Fallers
  1. 481Odalys#951#1,432
  2. 400Kari#975#1,375
  3. 334Litzy#501#835
  4. 289Alysha#960#1,249
  5. 252Roxana#861#1,113

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

See the top 100 for 2003