Malya
Girl · mah-LEE-ah · Modern
Malya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Malya come from?
Modern: spelling of Malyah, itself a variant of Malia or Maliyah, styled like Aaliyah
- Say it
- mah-LEE-ah
Meaning borrowed from Malyah.
Is Malya a girl's or a boy's name?
Malya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Malya, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Malya in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Malya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Kaliyah Aaliyah Jaliyah Zariah Kamiyah Zaliyah Zayla Hadassah Safa Zya Amira
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