Maleigha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LEE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Maleigha is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
Where does Maleigha come from?
Modern: variant of Malia or Maleah
Is Maleigha a girl's or a boy's name?
Maleigha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maleigha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Maleigha, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,823rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 111 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had fewer girls named Maleigha than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Maleigha in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 228 girls in the US were given Maleigha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #977, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
Maleigha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,451 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,868 |
| 2017 | 51 | #3,145 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,524 |
| 2014 | 75 | #2,412 |
| 2013 | 76 | #2,385 |
| 2012 | 82 | #2,286 |
| 2011 | 74 | #2,453 |
| 2010 | 82 | #2,313 |
| 2009 | 111 | #1,889 |
| 2008 | 56 | #3,053 |
| 2007 | 57 | #3,047 |
| 2006 | 53 | #3,135 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,228 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Names like Maleigha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna, Brynlee, Kiara, Briella, Sienna, Teagan, Fiona, Kennedy, Lyanna, Kianna, Braelynn, Kiana
Other spellings of Maleigha
Names related to Maleigha
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, “Maleigha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maleigha, updated 20 October 2026.