Malia Girl
How popular is Malia?
#349 girl name in 2025
872 baby girls were named Malia in the US in 2025, making it the 349th most popular girl name.
Malia popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #349 for girls (▼ 21 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 872 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #315 in 2015, #259 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (1,700 girls) |
| Highest rank | #192 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1919 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Malia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Malia family of names ranked #319 for girls in 2025 (#304 the year before), with 1,019 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Malia | 872 | 86% |
| Maliah | 122 | 12% |
| Mahlia | 11 | 1% |
| Malyah | 6 | 1% |
| Malya | 8 | 1% |
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 Malia is most popular
Babies named Malia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 7.3 per 1,000 (84 girls)
- Delaware: 1.5 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Nevada: 1.3 per 1,000 (62 girls)
- New Mexico: 1.3 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Rhode Island: 1.3 per 1,000 (16 girls)
Malia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1950s | 323 | #1,073 |
| 1960s | 449 | #1,463 |
| 1970s | 1,027 | #933 |
| 1980s | 1,442 | #919 |
| 1990s | 2,477 | #584 |
| 2000s | 8,205 | #192 |
| 2010s | 11,140 | #215 |
| 2020s | 6,533 | #256 |
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Questions
- Is Malia a boy or girl name?
- Malia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Malia were girls.
- How popular is the name Malia?
- 872 baby girls were named Malia in the US in 2025, making it the 349th most popular girl name.
- When was Malia most popular?
- Malia peaked in 2009, when 1,700 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #192 in 2009.
- How many people are named Malia?
- 31,606 babies have been named Malia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 31,214 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Malia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Malia was most common in Hawaii, at 7.3 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.