Malajah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LAY-juh
- Origin
- Modern
Malajah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Malajah come from?
Modern: modern coinage, possibly a respelling of Malaya
Is Malajah a girl's or a boy's name?
Malajah is a girls' name.
How popular is Malajah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Malajah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malajah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Malajah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Kaliyah Aaliyah Hadassah Jaliyah Zaliyah Aziyah Kamiyah Naziyah Zariah Alaiyah Jaziyah
Names related to Malajah
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, “Malajah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malajah, updated 20 October 2026.