Malayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-LAY-lah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Malayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
Where does Malayla come from?
Modern: blend of the prefix Ma- and Layla
Is Malayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Malayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Malayla, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had more girls named Malayla than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Malayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
Names like Malayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura Zayla Zaniyah Zhamira Kaliyah Zaliyah Zamira Kaylani Zahara Kehlani Safa Amira
Names related to Malayla
Malaya Malayah Malayiah Malaiya Malaiyah Malaia Mahayla Malayia
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Malayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malayla, updated 20 October 2026.