Malyiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LEE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Malyiah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Malyiah come from?
Modern: modern respelling in the Malia and Maliyah group
Is Malyiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Malyiah is a girls' name.
How popular is Malyiah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Malyiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malyiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Malyiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Zaliyah Kaliyah Aziyah Aaliyah Jaliyah Kamiyah Hadassah Alaiyah Naziyah Jaziyah Maziyah
Names related to Malyiah
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, “Malyiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malyiah, updated 20 October 2026.