Maleeka
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-LEE-ka
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Maleeka is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “queen”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Maleeka mean?
Arabic: spelling of Malika
“queen”
Is Maleeka a girl's or a boy's name?
Maleeka is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maleeka in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Maleeka, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 12 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Maleeka than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Maleeka in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Maleeka in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
How popular is Maleeka in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Maleeka, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1991, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Maleeka in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maleeka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Maleeka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Khadija, Safa, Amira, Aisha, Halima, Aaliyah, Hiba, Madiha, Hafsa, Maliha, Maha, Hana
Names related to Maleeka
Malaika, Malika, Malka, Malikah, Malayka, Mallika, Malkia, Maleka
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
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, “Maleeka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maleeka, updated 20 October 2026.