Malaysha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LAY-shuh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Malaysha is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Malaysha come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps Malaysia or Mala + -isha
Is Malaysha a girl's or a boy's name?
Malaysha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malaysha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Malaysha, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Malaysha in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malaysha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Names like Malaysha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Aaliyah, Safa, Kaliyah, Zahara, Jaliyah, Zayla, Zamira, Zaira, Amira, Samira, Hadassah
Names related to Malaysha
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, “Malaysha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malaysha, updated 20 October 2026.