Malea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LEE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Malea is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
Where does Malea come from?
Modern: spelling of Maleah; modern variant of Malia, or Mae with Leah
Meaning borrowed from Maleah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Malea a girl's or a boy's name?
Malea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malea in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Malea, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,238th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Malea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 2 | #7,238 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Malea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Malea, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,675th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 100 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Malea than any year since 1989.
Half of all the girls named Malea in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 228 girls in the US were given Malea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #977, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Malea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,434 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,675 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,891 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 60 | #2,890 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,705 |
| 2012 | 73 | #2,495 |
| 2011 | 83 | #2,258 |
| 2010 | 84 | #2,274 |
| 2009 | 100 | #2,041 |
| 2008 | 80 | #2,397 |
| 2007 | 96 | #2,101 |
| 2006 | 91 | #2,127 |
| 2005 | 92 | #2,029 |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,283 |
| 2003 | 90 | #2,000 |
| 2002 | 80 | #2,110 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,407 |
| 2000 | 61 | #2,476 |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,468 |
| 1998 | 54 | #2,527 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 31 | #3,564 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,078 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
Names like Malea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Myla, Fatima, Maya, Mia, Alayna, Athena, Sienna, Aria, Layla, Thea, Maryam, Ayla
Other spellings of Malea
Names related to Malea
Malia, Maliha, Maleeha, Malaya, Mayla, Maliya, Maliah, Mallie, Maleia
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Malea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malea, updated 20 October 2026.