Maliya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-LEE-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,067 for girls
Maliya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 3,067th for girls in the US (53 babies).
What does Maliya mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Malia, the Hawaiian form of Mary
Spelling of Malia, the Hawaiian form of Mary.
Is Maliya a girl's or a boy's name?
Maliya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 53 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maliya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Maliya, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maliya 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 Maliya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #468, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Maliya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Maliya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,067th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 53 about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 53 girls in the US were named Maliya, making it the 3,067th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,908th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 192 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Maliya than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Maliya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,520 girls in the US were given Maliya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #233, up from #3,067 for this spelling alone.
Maliya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #3,067 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,976 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,614 |
| 2022 | 83 | #2,253 |
| 2021 | 83 | #2,233 |
| 2020 | 100 | #1,908 |
| 2019 | 117 | #1,755 |
| 2018 | 99 | #1,978 |
| 2017 | 141 | #1,552 |
| 2016 | 108 | #1,884 |
| 2015 | 130 | #1,643 |
| 2014 | 120 | #1,736 |
| 2013 | 142 | #1,539 |
| 2012 | 132 | #1,629 |
| 2011 | 138 | #1,577 |
| 2010 | 129 | #1,649 |
| 2009 | 192 | #1,267 |
| 2008 | 108 | #1,949 |
| 2007 | 89 | #2,213 |
| 2006 | 86 | #2,229 |
| 2005 | 66 | #2,576 |
| 2004 | 54 | #2,923 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,586 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,482 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Maliya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Safiya, Zainab, Hafsa, Hiba, Ayah, Abeeha, Nusaybah, Amira, Sumayyah, Khadija
Other spellings of Maliya
Names related to Maliya
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Maliya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maliya, updated 20 October 2026.