Malia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-LEE-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #698 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #349 for girls
Malia is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 698th for girls in the UK (58 babies) and 349th for girls in the US (872 babies).
What does Malia mean?
Hebrew: Hawaiian form of Mary
Hawaiian form of Mary; Hawaiian has no r sound, so l takes its place.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Malia a girl's or a boy's name?
Malia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 girls in the UK and 872 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #698among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 4,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the UK were named Malia, making it the 698th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 745th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 99 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Malia than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Malia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 94 girls in the UK were given Malia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #468, up from #698 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 807th in England and Wales, 429th in Scotland and 259th in Northern Ireland.
Malia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #698 |
| 2024 | 64 | #645 |
| 2023 | 99 | #456 |
| 2022 | 88 | #500 |
| 2021 | 65 | #644 |
| 2020 | 54 | #745 |
| 2019 | 45 | #878 |
| 2018 | 54 | #786 |
| 2017 | 48 | #865 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,475 |
| 2009 | 34 | #1,019 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
How popular is Malia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #349among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 872about 1 in 1,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 872 girls in the US were named Malia, making it the 349th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 259th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 1,700 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Malia than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Malia in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,520 girls in the US were given Malia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #233, up from #349 for this spelling alone.
Malia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 872 | #349 |
| 2024 | 948 | #328 |
| 2023 | 1,146 | #273 |
| 2022 | 1,191 | #265 |
| 2021 | 1,204 | #256 |
| 2020 | 1,172 | #259 |
| 2019 | 1,264 | #262 |
| 2018 | 1,280 | #255 |
| 2017 | 1,429 | #215 |
| 2016 | 1,237 | #258 |
| 2015 | 1,031 | #315 |
| 2014 | 955 | #348 |
| 2013 | 959 | #336 |
| 2012 | 899 | #353 |
| 2011 | 1,011 | #313 |
| 2010 | 1,075 | #301 |
| 2009 | 1,700 | #192 |
| 2008 | 968 | #343 |
| 2007 | 817 | #399 |
| 2006 | 784 | #406 |
| 2005 | 741 | #418 |
| 2004 | 681 | #449 |
| 2003 | 706 | #425 |
| 2002 | 682 | #428 |
| 2001 | 585 | #476 |
| 2000 | 541 | #498 |
| 1999 | 423 | #584 |
| 1998 | 353 | #653 |
| 1997 | 308 | #700 |
| 1996 | 269 | #779 |
| 1995 | 227 | #856 |
| 1994 | 190 | #974 |
| 1993 | 178 | #1,032 |
| 1992 | 189 | #997 |
| 1991 | 181 | #1,013 |
| 1990 | 159 | #1,097 |
| 1989 | 165 | #1,034 |
| 1988 | 142 | #1,098 |
| 1987 | 136 | #1,106 |
| 1986 | 108 | #1,254 |
| 1985 | 130 | #1,109 |
| 1984 | 146 | #988 |
| 1983 | 151 | #968 |
| 1982 | 164 | #919 |
| 1981 | 151 | #971 |
| 1980 | 149 | #990 |
| 1979 | 136 | #1,030 |
| 1978 | 142 | #976 |
| 1977 | 149 | #933 |
| 1976 | 107 | #1,117 |
| 1975 | 94 | #1,219 |
| 1974 | 99 | #1,157 |
| 1973 | 77 | #1,312 |
| 1972 | 91 | #1,181 |
| 1971 | 69 | #1,473 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,544 |
| 1969 | 64 | #1,465 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,776 |
| 1967 | 56 | #1,495 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,766 |
| 1965 | 57 | #1,463 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,946 |
| 1963 | 43 | #1,753 |
| 1962 | 47 | #1,650 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,249 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,012 |
| 1959 | 22 | #2,457 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,907 |
| 1957 | 59 | #1,375 |
| 1956 | 68 | #1,259 |
| 1955 | 88 | #1,073 |
| 1954 | 48 | #1,443 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
Names like Malia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mia Talia Maya Amira Safa Khadija Aaliyah Maryam Raya Zainab Summer Amaya
Other spellings of Malia
Names related to Malia
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
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, “Malia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malia, updated 20 October 2026.