Malayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,082 for girls
Malayah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 1,082nd for girls in the US (223 babies).
Where does Malayah come from?
Modern: modern variant of Malaya or Malia
Is Malayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Malayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 223 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Malayah, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 15 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Malayah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Malayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were given Malayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,110, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Malayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
How popular is Malayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,082nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 223 about 1 in 7,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 223 girls in the US were named Malayah, making it the 1,082nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 942nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 333 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Malayah than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Malayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 659 girls in the US were given Malayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #479, up from #1,082 for this spelling alone.
Malayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 223 | #1,082 |
| 2024 | 233 | #1,066 |
| 2023 | 267 | #967 |
| 2022 | 333 | #840 |
| 2021 | 307 | #884 |
| 2020 | 272 | #942 |
| 2019 | 291 | #909 |
| 2018 | 228 | #1,096 |
| 2017 | 246 | #1,046 |
| 2016 | 241 | #1,078 |
| 2015 | 208 | #1,199 |
| 2014 | 207 | #1,183 |
| 2013 | 210 | #1,144 |
| 2012 | 173 | #1,351 |
| 2011 | 176 | #1,324 |
| 2010 | 135 | #1,603 |
| 2009 | 163 | #1,432 |
| 2008 | 107 | #1,966 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,710 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,815 |
| 2005 | 52 | #3,048 |
| 2004 | 43 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Malayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah, Aaliyah, Safa, Nusaybah, Zainab, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Hafsa, Abeeha, Zaniyah, Safiya, Hiba
Other spellings of Malayah
Names related to Malayah
Maliyah, Maliah, Maleah, Malayiah, Malaiya, Malaiyah, Malaia
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Malayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malayah, updated 20 October 2026.