Maleya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-LAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Maleya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
Where does Maleya come from?
Modern: modern variant of Malia or Maleah
Is Maleya a girl's or a boy's name?
Maleya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maleya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Maleya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 girls.
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were given Maleya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,110, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Maleya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
How popular is Maleya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Maleya, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Maleya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 659 girls in the US were given Maleya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #479, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Maleya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
Names like Maleya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Maliha, Safiya, Madiha, Abeeha, Safa, Zaisha, Mahira, Alaiyah, Habiba, Musfirah, Halima
Other spellings of Maleya
Names related to Maleya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Maleya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maleya, updated 20 October 2026.