Maliyah

How popular is Maliyah in the UK?

Rank in 2025

1,416th among girls

Babies in 2025

23 about 1 in 12,000 girls

Five-year trend

Steady down 7% in five years

Same name in a class

under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Maliyah, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,180th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 35 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Maliyah than any year since 2017.

Half of all the girls named Maliyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 94 girls in the UK were given Maliyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #468, up from #1,416 for this spelling alone.

• Malia 58
• Maliyah 23
• Maliya 8
• Maliah 5

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

How popular is Maliyah in the US?

Rank in 2025

626th among girls

Babies in 2025

467 about 1 in 3,400 girls

Five-year trend

Falling down 28% in five years

Same name in a class

under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 467 girls in the US were named Maliyah, making it the 626th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 464th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 1,117 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 Maliyah than any year since 2007.

Half of all the girls named Maliyah 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 Maliyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #233, up from #626 for this spelling alone.

• Malia 872
• Maliyah 467
• Maliah 122
• Maliya 53
• Maaliyah 6