Maleia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,859 for girls
Maleia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,859th for girls in the US (59 babies).
Where does Maleia come from?
Modern: probably an elaboration of Malia or Maleah
Is Maleia a girl's or a boy's name?
Maleia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maleia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,859th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were named Maleia, making it the 2,859th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,966th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 92 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the girls named Maleia in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 659 girls in the US were given Maleia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #479, up from #2,859 for this spelling alone.
Maleia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,859 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 92 | #2,090 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,784 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,966 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 47 | #3,459 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
Names like Maleia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Zariah, Malani, Myla, Miley, Zaniyah, Alaya, Kaylani, Amoura, Madisson, Mckenna, Camila
Other spellings of Maleia
Names related to Maleia
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, 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, “Maleia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maleia, updated 20 October 2026.