Maleeyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LAY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Maleeyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Maleeyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Maleyah, itself a spelling variant of Maliyah or Maleah
Meaning borrowed from Maleyah.
Is Maleeyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Maleeyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Maleeyah 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 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Maleeyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maleeyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
Names like Maleeyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Zaliyah, Kaliyah, Jaliyah, Aaliyah, Kamiyah, Aziyah, Hadassah, Alaiyah, Naziyah, Jaziyah, Zariah
Names related to Maleeyah
Maliyah, Malayah, Maleah, Maylee, Maliah, Maliya, Maleia, Maleyah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Maleeyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maleeyah, updated 20 October 2026.