Malaijah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LAY-juh
- Origin
- Modern
Malaijah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Malaijah come from?
Modern: modern coinage of uncertain origin
Is Malaijah a girl's or a boy's name?
Malaijah is a girls' name.
How popular is Malaijah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Malaijah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malaijah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
Names like Malaijah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Zaliyah, Hadassah, Jaliyah, Aaliyah, Kamiyah, Aziyah, Alaiyah, Zariah, Naziyah, Jaziyah
Names related to Malaijah
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, “Malaijah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malaijah, updated 20 October 2026.