Malaiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LYE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Malaiah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Malaiah come from?
Modern: spelling of Malaia; elaboration of Malia or Maya
Meaning borrowed from Malaia.
Is Malaiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Malaiah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malaiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Malaiah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Malaiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malaiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
Names like Malaiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Zaliyah Kaliyah Aziyah Kamiyah Jaliyah Alaiyah Hadassah Aaliyah Zariah Amoura Jaziyah
Names related to Malaiah
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, “Malaiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malaiah, updated 20 October 2026.