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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #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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Yeargirls
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 2018

  • 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: #509 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,172 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: #875 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,698 girlsMNIllinois: #369 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,673 girlsILWisconsin: #463 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,023 girlsWIMichigan: #463 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,118 girlsMINew York: #469 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 2,281 girlsNYMassachusetts: #543 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,734 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedRIOregon: #628 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,799 girlsORNevada: #281 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,062 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedSDIowa: #506 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,046 girlsIAIndiana: #375 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,564 girlsINOhio: #373 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,646 girlsOHPennsylvania: #459 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,096 girlsPANew Jersey: #305 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,330 girlsNJConnecticut: #347 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,446 girlsCTCalifornia: #558 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 2,871 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedUTColorado: #356 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,485 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedNEMissouri: #391 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,656 girlsMOKentucky: #647 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,957 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #329 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,438 girlsVAMaryland: #349 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,373 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedDEArizona: #503 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,261 girlsAZNew Mexico: #258 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 831 girlsNMKansas: #353 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,340 girlsKSArkansas: #482 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,835 girlsARTennessee: #411 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,732 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #364 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,552 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #284 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,105 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #456 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,739 girlsOKLouisiana: #302 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,152 girlsLAMississippi: #195 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 717 girlsMSAlabama: #269 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,039 girlsALGeorgia: #299 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,250 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Maliyah, so not publishedHITexas: #553 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 2,740 girlsTXFlorida: #295 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 1,372 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#195 · 1 in 717
  2. New Mexico#258 · 1 in 831
  3. Alabama#269 · 1 in 1,039
  4. Nevada#281 · 1 in 1,062
  5. South Carolina#284 · 1 in 1,105

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#195151 in 717
New Mexico#25871 in 831
Alabama#269181 in 1,039
Nevada#281101 in 1,062
South Carolina#284161 in 1,105
Florida#295621 in 1,372
Georgia#299371 in 1,250
Louisiana#302171 in 1,152
New Jersey#305271 in 1,330
Virginia#329251 in 1,438
Connecticut#34781 in 1,446
Maryland#349171 in 1,373
Kansas#35391 in 1,340
Colorado#356151 in 1,485
North Carolina#364291 in 1,552
Illinois#369321 in 1,673
Ohio#373311 in 1,646
Indiana#375191 in 1,564
Missouri#391161 in 1,656
Tennessee#411181 in 1,732
Oklahoma#45691 in 1,739
Pennsylvania#459241 in 2,096
Michigan#463191 in 2,118
Wisconsin#463111 in 2,023
New York#469381 in 2,281
Arkansas#48261 in 1,835
Arizona#503131 in 2,261
Iowa#50661 in 2,046
Washington#509141 in 2,172
Massachusetts#54391 in 2,734
Texas#553581 in 2,740
California#558661 in 2,871
Oregon#62851 in 2,799
Kentucky#64761 in 2,957
Minnesota#87551 in 4,698
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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 2018

girls
#420
740 births · 1 in 2,299 girls

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #420Maliyah740
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 2,299 of them was named Maliyah, which outranked 97.7% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maliyah
  1. #417Erin743
  2. #418Averie742
  3. #419Annalise741
  4. #420Maliyah740
  5. #420Carolina740
  6. #420Kelsey740
  7. #423Viviana739
  8. #424Kensley738
  9. #424Shelby738

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

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. 680Meghan#1,387#707
  2. 567Dior#1,360#793
  3. 367Palmer#1,042#675
  4. 361Adalee#1,217#856
  5. 346Oaklynn#888#542
Fallers
  1. 334Audrina#847#1,181
  2. 234Courtney#952#1,186
  3. 232Marjorie#938#1,170
  4. 228Anabelle#969#1,197
  5. 225Angelique#799#1,024

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

See the top 100 for 2018