Maleiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Maleiah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Maleiah come from?
Modern: spelling of Maleia; probably an elaboration of Malia or Maleah
Meaning borrowed from Maleia.
Is Maleiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Maleiah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maleiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Maleiah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had fewer girls named Maleiah than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Maleiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 659 girls in the US were given Maleiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #479, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Maleiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
Names like Maleiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Kaliyah, Zariah, Jaliyah, Zaliyah, Kamiyah, Aaliyah, Hadassah, Aziyah, Alaiyah, Sariyah, Amoura
Other spellings of Maleiah
Names related to Maleiah
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, “Maleiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maleiah, updated 20 October 2026.