Maleena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LAY-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Maleena is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Maleena mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Malena; Scandinavian short form of Magdalena; in Spanish also Maria + Elena
“woman of Magdala”
A Scandinavian short form of Magdalena; in Spanish it is also a blend of Maria and Elena.
Meaning borrowed from Malena.
Is Maleena a girl's or a boy's name?
Maleena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maleena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Maleena, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 47 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Maleena in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 girls in the US were given Maleena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,748, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
- Malena 81
- Maleena 14
Maleena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,346 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,815 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,139 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Names like Maleena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zamira, Amira, Hadassah, Aaliyah, Makayla, Hadassa, Samira, Safa, Mckenna, Zahara, Malaya, Kaliyah
Other spellings of Maleena
Names related to Maleena
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Maleena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maleena, updated 20 October 2026.