Malijah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- muh-LY-juh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Malijah is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Malijah come from?
Modern: modern blend, probably Mal- + Elijah
Is Malijah a girl's or a boy's name?
Malijah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malijah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Malijah, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had more boys named Malijah than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Malijah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malijah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Names like Malijah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Azaiah, Mouhamed, Khaza, Jahseh, Abdullah, Asaiah, Eziah, Lahiam, Abdallah, Jaziah, Jahsiah, Musab
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, “Malijah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malijah, updated 20 October 2026.