Malayjah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LAY-juh
- Origin
- Modern
Malayjah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Malayjah come from?
Modern: modern coinage, possibly a respelling of Malaya
Is Malayjah a girl's or a boy's name?
Malayjah is a girls' name.
How popular is Malayjah 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 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Malayjah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malayjah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
Names like Malayjah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Hadassah, Zaliyah, Jaliyah, Zariah, Kamiyah, Aaliyah, Aziyah, Alaiyah, Sariyah, Amoura
Names related to Malayjah
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, “Malayjah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malayjah, updated 20 October 2026.