Maleah Girl
How popular is Maleah?
#1,211 girl name in 2025
187 baby girls were named Maleah in the US in 2025, making it the 1211th most popular girl name.
Maleah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,211 for girls (▼ 4 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 187 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-45% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #832 in 2015, #871 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (508 girls) |
| Highest rank | #594 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maleah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maleah family of names ranked #930 for girls in 2025 (#934 the year before), with 230 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Maleah | 187 | 81% |
| Malea | 21 | 9% |
| Maylea | 15 | 7% |
| Mailea | 7 | 3% |
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 Maleah is most popular
Babies named Maleah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Maleah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15 | #4,201 |
| 1960s | 29 | #4,538 |
| 1970s | 83 | #3,902 |
| 1980s | 207 | #3,220 |
| 1990s | 561 | #1,546 |
| 2000s | 2,925 | #594 |
| 2010s | 4,115 | #608 |
| 2020s | 1,491 | #871 |
Girl names about as popular as Maleah
Questions
- Is Maleah a boy or girl name?
- Maleah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maleah were girls.
- How popular is the name Maleah?
- 187 baby girls were named Maleah in the US in 2025, making it the 1211th most popular girl name.
- When was Maleah most popular?
- Maleah peaked in 2009, when 508 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #594 in 2009.
- How many people are named Maleah?
- 9,426 babies have been named Maleah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,347 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Maleah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maleah was most common in Alabama, at 0.5 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.