Maliah
Girl · ma-LEE-a · Hebrew
Maliah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 1,684th for girls in the US (122 babies).
What does Maliah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Malia, the Hawaiian form of Mary
Spelling of Malia, the Hawaiian form of Mary.
- Say it
- ma-LEE-a
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Is Maliah a girl's or a boy's name?
Maliah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 122 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maliah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Maliah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 20 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Maliah than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Maliah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 94 girls in the UK were given Maliah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #468, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Maliah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
How popular is Maliah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,684among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 122about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 122 girls in the US were named Maliah, making it the 1,684th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,093rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 356 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Maliah than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Maliah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,520 girls in the US were given Maliah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #233, up from #1,684 for this spelling alone.
Maliah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122 | #1,684 |
| 2024 | 123 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 202 | #1,186 |
| 2022 | 209 | #1,159 |
| 2021 | 210 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 223 | #1,093 |
| 2019 | 283 | #933 |
| 2018 | 261 | #999 |
| 2017 | 285 | #928 |
| 2016 | 315 | #891 |
| 2015 | 297 | #923 |
| 2014 | 287 | #941 |
| 2013 | 347 | #784 |
| 2012 | 278 | #924 |
| 2011 | 289 | #902 |
| 2010 | 279 | #928 |
| 2009 | 356 | #795 |
| 2008 | 169 | #1,405 |
| 2007 | 143 | #1,579 |
| 2006 | 101 | #1,978 |
| 2005 | 82 | #2,224 |
| 2004 | 73 | #2,342 |
| 2003 | 79 | #2,184 |
| 2002 | 87 | #2,002 |
| 2001 | 59 | #2,567 |
| 2000 | 61 | #2,476 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,185 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
Names like Maliah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safa Ayah Zainab Nusaybah Sumayyah Ruqayyah Hafsa Amira Khadija Hiba Hadassah
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