Malaia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LYE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Malaia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
Where does Malaia come from?
Modern: elaboration of Malia or Maya
Is Malaia a girl's or a boy's name?
Malaia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malaia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Malaia, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Malaia in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malaia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Malaia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura Alaia Zaniyah Kaliyah Zariah Zayla Alaya Zaliyah Jaliyah Kamiyah Marigold Amora
Names related to Malaia
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Malaia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malaia, updated 20 October 2026.