Maleea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LEE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Maleea is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Maleea come from?
Modern: spelling of Maleah; modern variant of Malia, or Mae with Leah
Meaning borrowed from Maleah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Maleea a girl's or a boy's name?
Maleea is a girls' name.
How popular is Maleea in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Maleea in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maleea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
Names like Maleea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna, Kaliyah, Miley, Zariah, Nevaeh, Makayla, Madilyn, Jayla, Zaniyah, Malaya, Jaliyah, Kennedy
Names related to Maleea
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Jax, Indie, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Maleea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maleea, updated 20 October 2026.