Maliha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-LEE-ha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #698 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Maliha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful, charming”. In 2025 it ranked 698th for girls in the UK (58 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Maliha mean?
Arabic
“beautiful, charming”
From an Arabic word for pretty or charming; the same name as Maleeha.
Is Maliha a girl's or a boy's name?
Maliha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maliha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 698th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58 about 1 in 4,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the UK were named Maliha, making it the 698th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 828th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 70 girls.
2025 had more girls named Maliha than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Maliha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 86 girls in the UK were given Maliha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #498, up from #698 for this spelling alone.
- Maliha 58
- Maleeha 28
Among girls in 2025, it was 658th in England and Wales.
Maliha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #698 |
| 2024 | 43 | #899 |
| 2023 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2022 | 44 | #864 |
| 2021 | 45 | #860 |
| 2020 | 47 | #828 |
| 2019 | 44 | #893 |
| 2018 | 38 | #1,011 |
| 2017 | 44 | #933 |
| 2016 | 45 | #901 |
| 2015 | 53 | #791 |
| 2014 | 64 | #681 |
| 2013 | 55 | #771 |
| 2012 | 66 | #683 |
| 2011 | 70 | #631 |
| 2010 | 58 | #696 |
| 2009 | 66 | #625 |
| 2008 | 52 | #739 |
| 2007 | 49 | #741 |
| 2006 | 46 | #744 |
| 2005 | 47 | #712 |
| 2004 | 38 | #794 |
| 2003 | 28 | #951 |
| 2002 | 27 | #927 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 18 | #1,182 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 16 | #1,289 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Maliha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Maliha, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,850th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 100 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer girls named Maliha than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Maliha in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maliha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 44 | #3,490 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,850 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 49 | #3,244 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,903 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 66 | #2,685 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,967 |
| 2013 | 74 | #2,439 |
| 2012 | 87 | #2,160 |
| 2011 | 93 | #2,073 |
| 2010 | 78 | #2,405 |
| 2009 | 100 | #2,041 |
| 2008 | 66 | #2,754 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,563 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Maliha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Hiba, Zainab, Abeeha, Amira, Rahma, Khadija, Safiya, Halima, Sumayyah
Other spellings of Maliha
Names related to Maliha
Mali, Malia, Maliyah, Milah, Mahalia, Maliya, Maliah, Maleah, Maleia
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Maliha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maliha, updated 20 October 2026.