Malaiya Girl
How popular is Malaiya?
#4,171 girl name in 2025
34 baby girls were named Malaiya in the US in 2025, making it the 4171st most popular girl name.
Malaiya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,171 for girls (▲ 719 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 34 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+100% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,974 in 2015, #4,546 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (44 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,490 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 2005 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Malaiya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Malaiya family of names ranked #1,750 for girls in 2025 (#1,852 the year before), with 83 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Malaiya | 34 | 41% |
| Malaiyah | 23 | 28% |
| Malayiah | 15 | 18% |
| Malayia | 11 | 13% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Malaiya is most popular
Babies named Malaiya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Malaiya by decade
Girl names about as popular as Malaiya
Questions
- Is Malaiya a boy or girl name?
- Malaiya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Malaiya were girls.
- How popular is the name Malaiya?
- 34 baby girls were named Malaiya in the US in 2025, making it the 4171st most popular girl name.
- When was Malaiya most popular?
- Malaiya peaked in 2021, when 44 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,490 in 2021.
- How many people are named Malaiya?
- 513 babies have been named Malaiya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 511 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Malaiya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Malaiya was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.