first name
MALIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 23,945 people named Malia, 30.3% reported their origin as White, 23.5% as Black and 18.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Malia peaked in 2009, when 1,700 babies got the name.
At least 31,606 babies have been given the name since 1919. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Malia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #599. The largest share of babies named Malia, 46.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Malia is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Malia has been most common in Hawaii (21×), Nevada (3.5×), and Washington (2.5×), and least common in West Virginia (0.31×).
29,066 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Malia
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Malia, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Malia ranks #28,289 of 156,621, with 898 people. See Malia as a last name
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