Maliah Girl
How popular is Maliah?
#1,684 girl name in 2025
122 baby girls were named Maliah in the US in 2025, making it the 1684th most popular girl name.
Maliah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,684 for girls (▼ 20 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 122 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-59% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #923 in 2015, #1,093 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (356 girls) |
| Highest rank | #784 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1991 |
| 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 |
Maliah 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 Maliah is most popular
Babies named Maliah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (72 girls)
- Missouri: 0.2 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (34 girls)
Maliah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Maliah
Questions
- Is Maliah a boy or girl name?
- Maliah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maliah were girls.
- How popular is the name Maliah?
- 122 baby girls were named Maliah in the US in 2025, making it the 1684th most popular girl name.
- When was Maliah most popular?
- Maliah peaked in 2009, when 356 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #784 in 2013.
- How many people are named Maliah?
- 5,394 babies have been named Maliah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,360 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Maliah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maliah was most common in Georgia, at 0.3 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.