Malayiah
Girl · muh-LAY-uh · Modern
Malayiah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
Where does Malayiah come from?
Modern: spelling of Malayia; modern variant of Malaya or Malaysia
- Say it
- muh-LAY-uh
Meaning borrowed from Malayia.
Is Malayiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Malayiah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malayiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Malayiah, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 69 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Malayiah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Malayiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were given Malayiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,569, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Malayiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,554 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
Names like Malayiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Zaliyah Aziyah Kaliyah Alaiyah Hadassah Jaliyah Aaliyah Kamiyah Naziyah Jaziyah Zalayah
Other spellings of Malayiah
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