Maleah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LEE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,211 for girls
Maleah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 1,211th for girls in the US (187 babies).
Where does Maleah come from?
Modern: modern variant of Malia, or Mae with Leah
More on Wiktionary.
Is Maleah a girl's or a boy's name?
Maleah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 187 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maleah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Maleah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maleah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Maleah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Maleah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,211th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 187 about 1 in 8,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 187 girls in the US were named Maleah, making it the 1,211th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 871st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 508 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Maleah than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Maleah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 228 girls in the US were given Maleah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #977, up from #1,211 for this spelling alone.
Maleah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 187 | #1,211 |
| 2024 | 196 | #1,207 |
| 2023 | 223 | #1,098 |
| 2022 | 266 | #992 |
| 2021 | 310 | #879 |
| 2020 | 309 | #871 |
| 2019 | 424 | #684 |
| 2018 | 342 | #796 |
| 2017 | 366 | #760 |
| 2016 | 377 | #757 |
| 2015 | 337 | #832 |
| 2014 | 415 | #683 |
| 2013 | 461 | #608 |
| 2012 | 449 | #637 |
| 2011 | 471 | #614 |
| 2010 | 473 | #622 |
| 2009 | 508 | #594 |
| 2008 | 337 | #839 |
| 2007 | 375 | #772 |
| 2006 | 320 | #838 |
| 2005 | 268 | #928 |
| 2004 | 266 | #908 |
| 2003 | 219 | #1,042 |
| 2002 | 256 | #882 |
| 2001 | 214 | #1,000 |
| 2000 | 162 | #1,223 |
| 1999 | 109 | #1,546 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,688 |
| 1997 | 70 | #2,020 |
| 1996 | 62 | #2,174 |
| 1995 | 49 | #2,547 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,930 |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,528 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,534 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,521 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
Names like Maleah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Ayah, Zainab, Amira, Khadija, Maya, Sumayyah, Nusaybah, Ayla, Summer, Ruqayyah
Other spellings of Maleah
Names related to Maleah
Malia, Maliha, Maliyah, Maleeha, Malayah, Maliah, Maela, Mala, Maleia
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Maleah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maleah, updated 20 October 2026.