Malayna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LAY-nuh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Malayna is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
Where does Malayna come from?
Modern: modern variant of Malena or Milena
Is Malayna a girl's or a boy's name?
Malayna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malayna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Malayna, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 106 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Malayna in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malayna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,909 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 53 | #3,133 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 55 | #3,043 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,266 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,710 |
| 2006 | 75 | #2,459 |
| 2005 | 83 | #2,203 |
| 2004 | 106 | #1,794 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
Names like Malayna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah Amira Zaniyah Aaliyah Zayla Safa Jaliyah Samira Zariah Zahara Zamira Salma
Names related to Malayna
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, “Malayna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malayna, updated 20 October 2026.